Dog Regulations 2013

For section 54A(1)(b), an application for the grant of a pet shop approval must contain the following information —

the applicant’s name and, if the applicant is an individual, the applicant’s date of birth;

the applicant’s address;

the name and contact details of the contact person for the application (if different from the applicant);

in relation to the relevant pet shop business —

the registered business name and trading name (if different from the registered business name); and

the ACN if the applicant has an ACN (but if not, the ABN); and

the street address of the pet shop;

if the applicant is a body corporate —

the names of each of the directors; and

the postal address of each of the directors; and

the full name and ACN of any related body corporate and the description of the relationship;

a description of the facilities that the applicant proposes to use, or uses, to keep dogs for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business;

photographs of the facilities described in paragraph (f);

the maximum number of dogs to be kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business at any one time;

a description of the assessment that the applicant will carry out in order to determine a person’s suitability to be supplied with a dog in the course of the relevant pet shop business;

the terms and conditions on which the applicant will accept the return of dogs supplied in the course of the relevant pet shop business;

a declaration by the applicant that the relevant pet shop business does not include —

refuge operations; or

operations conducted at, in or from a dog management facility by the operator of the dog management facility; or

a business, or a part of a business, of a class referred to in regulation 10A(2);

a declaration by the applicant that no close associate of the applicant is a person who conducts refuge operations or is an operator of a dog management facility;

a criminal record check in respect of the applicant;

a statement that the applicant agrees to allow an inspection of the facilities described in paragraph (f) to be carried out by an authorised person for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the information provided;

a statement by the applicant as to whether the applicant has previously held a pet shop approval that was cancelled under section 38E(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f);

a statement by the applicant that the applicant is able to comply with section 38K.

In addition to the requirements set out in subregulation (1), an application for the grant of a pet shop approval must be accompanied by a plan (a dog care plan) for the level of care given to dogs kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business.

The dog care plan must contain the following information —

a description of the care provided to the dogs, including a description of the manner in which stress and aggression in dogs will be identified, assessed and managed;

a description of the provision of overnight accommodation to the dogs;

a description of the way the physical health and wellbeing of the dogs will be supported, including details of —

the provision of routine veterinary care, including vaccinations and parasite treatments;

a physical exercise regime;

the dogs’ diet and frequency of meals;

the frequency of the provision of fresh drinking water;

evacuation and emergency procedures to be followed in case of an emergency occurring at the facilities used for dogs kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business, including procedures for obtaining urgent veterinary treatment or assistance;

the procedures to be followed in the event a dog is no longer able to be cared for, or is not able to be supplied to another person by the relevant pet shop business;

how training on the dog care plan will be provided to persons who provide care to a dog kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business.

For section 54A(1)(c), an application for the grant of a pet shop approval must be accompanied by a fee of $1 984.00.