Herminny raised her hand for the umpteenth time for this class and responded to the current question saying, "Thats a rather intresting question cause although clause 73 was established in 1750 not much was done besides the International Confederation of Wizards inforcing punishment too anyone who violated it and thats all that upheld it for 60 somewhat years later even though from day 1 one when the statute was established it was the responsibility of the MOM to uphold it. In 1811, however, the Minister for Magic Grogan Stump hit on the most humane, if more complex, definition for a being: 'Any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws,' ( FB xii). This soon evolved into three divisions within the Ministry's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, when the Spirit Division was added to the Beast and Being Divisions, to accommodate the ghosts.

Complications and controversies remain, of course. The classification of werewolves always poses a problem, as werewolves are undeniably bestial on a monthly basis—but completely human otherwise. Therefore, the Werewolf Support Office is located in the Being Division at the Ministry, and the Werewolf Registry and the Capture Unit are located in the Beast Division. Other potentially dangerous creatures such as hags and vampires are considered beings (the latter are more technically referred to as Non-Wizard Part-Humans), and in light of this the centaurs and then the merpeople rejected the opportunity to be classed as such. Officially the centaurs and merpeople have no classification now, but they are often treated as beasts and the Centaur Liaison Office has been consigned to the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, located on the Fourth Level of the Ministry.".