Cat Management Regulations 2022

A person or organisation may apply to the Secretary for approval to operate a facility as a cat management facility.

An application under subregulation (1) is to – be in an approved form; and specify – the facility that is intended to be operated as a cat management facility; and the size of the facility with reference to the building size and land size; and the intended maximum number of cats to be housed at the facility; and provide full details in respect of – any offence, of which the applicant has been convicted, that involves or relates to an animal; and all current approvals for the facility that are required under any Act for the facility to operate and that are held in relation to the facility.

The Secretary may – request further information from a person or organisation that has made an application under subregulation (1); and take the further information into account when considering the application.

The Secretary, on receiving an application under subregulation (1) from a person or organisation, may – grant to the person or organisation an approval (a cat management facility approval) to operate, as a cat management facility, a facility specified in the approval, subject to any conditions that the Secretary thinks fit, if the Secretary is satisfied – that the person or organisation is fit and proper to operate such a facility; and that it is appropriate to approve the person or organisation to operate such a facility; or refuse to grant to the person or organisation an approval to operate, as a cat management facility, a facility, if the Secretary is not satisfied – that the person or organisation is fit and proper to operate such a facility; and that it is appropriate to approve the person or organisation to operate such a facility.

If the Secretary grants to a person or organisation under subregulation (4)(a) a cat management facility approval in relation to a cat management facility, the Secretary – is to inform the person or organisation in writing of – the approval and any conditions of the approval; and the specific facility which may be operated under the approval; and is to cause the name of the person or organisation to be published in the Gazette as a person or organisation approved to operate, as a cat management facility, the facility specified in the notice.

If the Secretary refuses to grant an application under subregulation (4)(b), the Secretary is to provide to the applicant written reasons for the refusal.