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Domestic Animals Amendment Regulations 2015

S.R. No. 64/2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objectives

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4New regulation 43A inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2015

S.R. No. 64/2015

Domestic Animals Act 1994

Domestic Animals Amendment Regulations 2015

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 23 June 2015

Responsible Minister:

JAALA PULFORD
Minister for Agriculture

YVETTE CARISBROOKE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objectives

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Domestic Animals Regulations 2005—

(a)to prescribe the information for which a proprietor of a pet shop must make and keep records relating to each dog or cat that is offered for sale or sold at the pet shop; and

(b)to prescribe the manner in which a pet shop proprietor is required to keep and maintain copies of such records.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 100 of the Domestic Animals Act 1994.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2015.

4New regulation 43A inserted

After the heading to Division 6 of Part 3 of the Domestic Animals Regulations 2005[1] insert—

"43A   Pet shop records

(1)For the purposes of section 63AB(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, the prescribed information that the proprietor of a pet shop must keep in relation to each dog or cat that is offered for sale or sold at the pet shop is—

(a)the name of the dog or cat, if any; and

(b)the sex of the dog or cat; and

(c)the breed of the dog or cat; and

(d)the age of the dog or cat; and

(e)the identification number of the permanent identification device implanted in the dog or cat; and

(f)the telephone number of the person from whom the pet shop proprietor obtained the dog or cat, together with a copy of a document verifying the identity of that person; and

(g)if the pet shop proprietor obtained the dog or cat from a registered domestic animal business, the registered domestic animal business number of that business; and

(h)if the person from whom the pet shop proprietor obtained the dog or cat did not breed it, the name, address, telephone number and registered domestic animal business number (if any) of the person who bred the dog or cat; and

(i)the name, address and telephone number of the purchaser of the dog or cat; and

(j)a copy of the microchip change of ownership form signed by the purchaser of the dog or cat.

(2)For the purposes of section 63AB(1)(b) of the Act, a record made under section 63AB(1)(a) of the Act—

(a)must be accessible to and made available for examination by an authorised officer on request; and

(b)must be kept and maintained for not less than 5 years after the record was made."

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Endnotes

[1]

Reg. 4: S.R. No. 151/2005. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 September 2009. Reprinted to S.R. No. 100/2009. Subsequently amended by

S.R. Nos 57/2013 and 90/2014.