S.L. 439.28 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 439.  S.L. 437.101.

(1) For the purpose of these regulations:

"Act" means the Animal Welfare Act;

"breeding" means the mating and production of offspring of dogs;

"bully breeds" means dogs which conform to the description in the First Schedule and which include the physical characteristics of the following breeds:

(a) American Staffordshire Terrier;

(b) Staffordshire bull Terrier;

(c) Bullmastiff;

(d) Dogo Argentino;

(e) Bull Terrier;

(f) American Bully;

(g) American Pitbull Terrier;

(h) Old English Bulldog;

(i) American Bulldog;

(j) English Bulldog;

(k) French Bulldog;

(l) Bull terrier; PEDIGREE BULLY TYPE DOG

(m) Miniature Bull terrier;

(n) Cane Corso;

(o) Dogue De Bordeaux;

(p) Presa Canario;

(q) Neapolitan Mastiff;

(r) Boston Terrier;

(s) Tibetan Mastiff;

(t) South African Boerboel;

and crossbreeds thereof;

"Director" means the Director responsible for the Animal Welfare and includes, to the extent of the authority given, any officer authorised by him in writing, to act in that behalf for any of the purposes of these regulations;

"dog" means an animal of the Canis lupus familiaris species or an animal resulting from the hybridisation between Canis lupus familiaris and another species;

"keeper" means any person having charge of, or who habitually feeds or looks after a dog, including the owners of dog sanctuaries and pet shops;

"kennel club" means a voluntary organisation registered in accordance with regulation 6 with advancing the interests of one (1) or more breeds of dogs by establishing standards, providing competitions, and recording pedigrees and which shall be recognised by an internationally recognised kennel club;

"non-pedigree" means a dog of no specific breed or no known breed and which is not registered with a recognised kennel club;

"non-pedigree bully type dog" means dogs that conform with the description stipulated in the First Schedule and which exhibit physical characteristics typical of bully breeds but which do not have a formal pedigree or registration with a recognised kennel club;

''owner'' means the person or legal entity in whose name the dog is registered in accordance with the Electronic Identification of Dogs Regulations; "pedigree" means the record of the descent of the dog proven to be pure bred and being in conformity to specific genetic characteristics as recognised for that particular breed;

"pedigree certificate" means a document, registered with a recognised kennel club documenting the ancestry of a dog often whose parents are specific breeds bred specifically to exhibit particular physical characteristics;

"pure-breed" means pedigree dogs bred from members of a recognised breed or kind without outbreeding over many generations which are registered with a recognised kennel club.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases used in these regulations which are not defined herein shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.