Chapter 1: Fixed penalty notices Section 8: Interpretation
Section 8 defines key meanings as they are intended in the Act.
	Section 8 defines the meaning of ‘enforcement authority’; ‘local authority’; and ‘relevant offence’.
	Section 9: Extent, commencement and short title
	Section 9 defines the extent that the Act applies, commencement date and the short title.
	Subsection (1) states that the Act extends only to England and Wales.
	Subsection (2) states that section 1(2) to (5), 2(2) and (3), 4(3) and (4), 7 and 8 and this section of the Act come into force two months after the Act is passed.
	Subsection (3) details that the other provisions of the Act will come into force when regulations made by statutory instrument are appointed by the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (5) details that the Act may be cited as Animals (Penalty Notices) Act 2022.