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CONTROL OF GREYHOUNDS ETC. ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1950 - SECT 6

Interpretation.

6.(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

"contravention" includes, in relation to any provision, a failure to comply
with that provision;

"enactment" includes any provision contained in or having effect under any Act
of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom or of the Irish Parliament;

"greyhound" includes any greyhound or whippet and any breed, strain, or cross
thereof;

"muzzled", in relation to any greyhound, means wearing any device so
constructed and affixed as to prevent that greyhound from biting or otherwise
injuring any human being or other animal;

"under control" in relation to any greyhound means led by a chain, cord or
other efficient leash held by a person exercising proper control over such
greyhound.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.

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