Dog Act 1976

A person who conducts refuge operations or is the operator of a dog management facility may apply to the CEO for the grant of an approval to supply to relevant pet shop businesses dogs kept as part of the refuge operations or in the dog management facility (a dog supply approval).

An application for the grant of an approval must —

be made in a manner and form approved by the CEO; and

contain the information prescribed; and

without limiting paragraph (b), contain information regarding the intended sources of dogs to be supplied; and

be accompanied by the fee, if any, prescribed; and

comply with any other requirements that are prescribed.

The CEO may require the applicant to give the CEO, within a specified time, any document or information that the CEO requires to determine the application and may require the applicant to verify the information by statutory declaration.

The CEO may refuse to consider an application if the applicant does not comply with a requirement under subsection (3) within the specified time.