Sterilisation marks and certificates
32 Sterilisation marks and certificates
The Council may approve a certificate of sterili‑sation to be issued to the owner of a sterilised dog.
The Council may approve a mark to be used to identify a dog that has been sterilised.
Where the Council has approved a mark under clause (2), a person who marks, with the approved mark, a dog that has not been sterilised is guilty of an offence.
Where the Council has approved a certificate of sterilisation under clause (1), a veterinarian shall, on sterilising a dog, issue to the owner of the dog such a certificate.
A person, on the sale or disposal of a dog to another person, who fails, where the dog has been sterilised, to supply to that other person proof that the dog has been sterilised is guilty of an offence.
A person, on the sale or disposal of a dog that is not sterilised to another person, who states or holds out that the dog is sterilised is guilty of an offence.
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