Victorian Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AMENDMENT (PUPPY FARMS AND PET SHOPS) ACT 2017 (NO. 69 OF 2017) - SECT 27

For section 52 of the Principal Act substitute —

        "     52     Transfer of registration

    (1)     The proprietor of a domestic animal business may apply to the Council to transfer registration of the premises on which the business is conducted to a new premises.

    (2)     An application under subsection (1) must be—

        (a)     in writing in a form approved by the Council and contain the information required by the Council and any other prescribed information; and

        (b)     given to the Council at least 30 days before the transfer is made; and

        (c)     accompanied by the fee fixed by the Council.

    (3)     A person making an application under subsection (1) must give the Council any further information relating to the transfer of registration that the Council requires.

    (4)     If the Council has received an application under subsection (1), it may register the new premises as the premises on which the domestic animal business may be conducted and may impose terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions on that registration.".