202. In this division:(a) a taxpayer’s “basic herd” of any class of animals at a particular time means such number of the animals of that class that he had on hand at the end of his 1971 taxation year as were, for the purpose of assessing his tax for that year, accepted by the Minister, on an application by the taxpayer, to be capital properties minus the number of animals required under this division to be deducted in computing his basic herd of that class at the end of the taxation years before the particular time;
(b) “class of animals” means animals of one of the following species: cattle, horses, sheep or swine, if they are:i. purebred animals of that species for which a certificate of registration has been issued by a person recognized by the breeders in Canada of purebred animals of that species to be the registrar of the breed to which such animals belong, or issued by the Registrar of the Canadian National Livestock Records, or
ii. animals of that species other than purebred animals described in subparagraph i.