Page 5343 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 29 November 2017

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(1A) A condition may limit the number of litters a dog or cat may breed.

16O  Breeding licence—cancellation

  Section 72G (1)

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(1) The registrar—

(a) must cancel a breeding licence if the licensee is disqualified from keeping a dog or any other animal; or

Note  Section 138A deals with the disqualification of a person from keeping an animal.

(b) may cancel a breeding licence if—

(i) the registrar becomes aware of circumstances that, if the registrar had been aware of them at the time of the application for the licence, would have resulted in the application being refused; or

(ii) the licensee contravenes a condition of the licence; or

(iii) the licence was obtained by a false or misleading statement; or

(iv) there would be an unacceptable risk to the safety of the public or other animals if the licence were not cancelled; or

(v) the registrar reasonably believes that the licensee has failed, or is unable, to exercise responsible dog management, care or control; or

(vi) it is otherwise appropriate to do so.

16P  Section 72K 

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72K  Offence—selling and advertising requirements

(1) A person commits an offence if the person—

(a) breeds a dog or cat; and

(b) sells the dog or cat; and

(c) does not hold a breeding licence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) A person who holds a breeding licence commits an offence if the person—

(a) breeds a dog or cat; and

(b) publishes a statement that either—

(i) constitutes an invitation to buy the dog or cat from the person; or

(ii) could reasonably be understood to constitute an invitation to buy the dog or cat from the person; and

(c) does not include in the publication the breeding licence number.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

16Q  Offence—surrender of breeding licence

  Section 72L

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16R  Dogs and cats to be de-sexed if over certain age

  New section 74 (5) (c)

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