30. In this division and the regulations, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following words and expressions mean:(a) “animal” : livestock of the equine, bovine, ovine or porcine species and live domestic rabbits;
(b) “auction” : the sale of an animal by public auction and any other equivalent method of sale determined by regulation;
(c) “establishment” : an establishment for the auction of animals, except a stockyard governed by the Livestock and Livestock Products Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter L-9);
(d) “agricultural society” : an agricultural society governed by the Agricultural Societies Act (chapter S-25) or a legal person that, in accordance with section 2 of the Act to repeal certain Acts permitting the constitution of legal persons in the agricultural sector and to amend certain legislative provisions (Statutes of Québec, 1997, chapter 70), obtained letters patent provided for in that section and that pursues principally the objects of an agricultural society;
(e) “cooperative agricultural association” : an agricultural cooperative governed by the Cooperatives Act (chapter C-67.2);
(f) (paragraph repealed);
(g) “permit” : a permit issued under this division;
(h) “regulation” : any regulation made under this division by the Government;
(i) “Minister” : the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.