71A.— (1) In this Part—

“Act of 1967” means the Redundancy Payments Act 1967;

“appeal” means an appeal under section 71J(1);

“application” means, except in section 71C, an application under section 71D(1) made, in accordance with this Part and the regulations, by a licensee;

“determination” means, in relation to an application, a determination made by an assessor under section 71F(2)(b) in respect of that application;

“dispose”, in relation to a specified animal, includes killing the animal in such manner as to inflict as little suffering as possible in the circumstances or causing the animal to be so-killed;

“fur or skin farming” means the breeding, rearing or keeping of a specified animal solely or primarily for the value of, or the manufacture of products from, its fur or skin;

“income losses”means losses of income;

“licensee”means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Part held a licence granted under the Musk Rats Act 1933;

“non-income losses” means losses other than income losses;

“redundant worker” means an employee (within the meaning of the Act of 1967) of a licensee who was dismissed, during the period commencing 6 months before, and ending 6 months after, the date of commencement of this Part;

“regulations”means regulations made under section 71D;

“specified animal” means—

(a) a dog, fox, jackal, wolf and all other members of the Canidae family,

(b) a domestic cat, wild feline and all other members of the Felidae family,

(c) a hare, rabbit and all other members of the Leporidae family,

(d) a mink, weasel, stoat and all other Rodentia,

(e) a raccoon, olingo and all other members of the Procyonidae family,

(f) a civet and all other members of the Viverridae family,

(g) a reptile, and

(h) any other animal or class of animal designated in an order made by the Minister under subsection (2).

(2) The Minister may, by order, designate an animal or class of animal as a specified animal for the purpose of paragraph (h) of the definition "specified animal" in subsection (1).]