In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

approved means approved by the Secretary;

authorised person means –

(a) a police officer; or

(b) an officer within the meaning of the Animal Welfare Act 1993 ; or

(c) an authorised person within the meaning of the Dog Control Act 2000 ; or

(d) a person authorised under section 5 to perform the functions and exercise the powers of an authorised person; or

(e) any other prescribed person or prescribed class of persons;

care agreement means an agreement entered into under section 16 ;

cat means an animal of the species Felis catus or a hybrid of that species;

cat management facility means –

(a) a council facility that has facilities for handling and holding cats; or

(b) a facility for handling and holding cats that is operated by –

(i) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Tasmania; or

(ii) the Hobart Cat Centre Incorporated (ABN 78 883 186 467), trading as The Hobart Cat Centre; or

(c) a prescribed facility; or

(d) a facility operated by a person, or organisation, as prescribed;

desex means to render temporarily, as prescribed, or permanently incapable of reproduction;

feral cat means a cat that –

(a) was born, and lives, in the wild; or

(b) lives in the wild and is not currently tame;

function includes duty;

humanely destroy means to destroy in accordance with section 28 ;

microchip means the following devices that are capable of being implanted in a cat:

(a) an approved electronic identification device;

(b) an approved permanent identification device;

(c) any other device that is approved for the purposes of this definition;

microchip implanter means –

(a) a prescribed person; or

(b) a person holding the prescribed qualifications for a microchip implanter; or

(c) a person approved as a microchip implanter;

microchipped means implanted with a microchip;

owner , in relation to a cat, means –

(a) in the case of a cat that is microchipped, the person whose name is entered in the microchip database under section 12(3) ; or

(b) in the case of a cat that is not microchipped, the person who, or the owner of the business or organisation that, ordinarily keeps and cares for the cat; or

(c) if the person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is a child under the age of 18, the child's parent or guardian;

prohibited area means –

(a) any area of land that is managed by a public authority, or Agency within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000 , and is reserved land; or

(b) any area of private land that is reserved land; or

(c) any area of land declared to be a prohibited area under section 19 ; or

(d) any other area of land that is prescribed or is of a prescribed class; or

(e) any part of an area of land referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) ;

public authority means –

(a) a council; or

(b) another body corporate established by, or under, an enactment having jurisdiction limited to a district, locality or part of the State; or

(c) a statutory authority;

registered breeder means a person registered under section 30 ;

regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;

reserved land means any area of land that is –

(a) public reserve within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1976 ; or

(b) private timber reserve within the meaning of the Forest Practices Act 1985 ; or

(c) State forest or a forest reserve within the meaning of the Forestry Act 1920 ; or

(d) reserved land within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ; or

(e) land that is subject to a conservation covenant within the meaning of Part 5 of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 ; or

(f) prescribed or is of a prescribed class;

scan means to scan in a manner that enables a microchip to be detected;

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;

sell includes trade, give away, take consideration for, transfer ownership of and offer for sale;

statutory authority means an incorporated or unincorporated body which is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or another statutory authority;

stray cat means a cat that has no identifiable owner or home, but lives in close proximity to humans and may be accustomed to their presence;

trap means a method of trapping an animal that complies with the Animal Welfare Act 1993 ;

veterinary surgeon means a person registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987 ;

working day means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 .