Dog Regulations 2013

For section 54A(1)(b), an application for the renewal 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 complied with any conditions imposed on the pet shop approval;

for the previous period during which the applicant’s pet shop approval was in effect —

the total number of dogs kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business; and

for each dog kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business — the name of the person who supplied the dog to the relevant pet shop business and the unique number for the dog supply approval issued under section 38U(1)(b) to the person; and

the total period of time that each dog was kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business; and

the total number of dogs kept for the purposes of the relevant pet shop business that were unable to be supplied during that period and the details of the whereabouts for each of those dogs;

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 dog care plan referred to in regulation 36A(2) and (3).

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