PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 34 Reports of approved charitable organisations

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 34

34 Reports of approved charitable organisations

(cf clause 25 2006 Reg)

(1) A report of an approved charitable organisation under section 34B (3) of the Act must address the following matters in relation to the period covered by the report--

(a) complaints and investigations concerning the treatment of animals,

(b) counsel, advice or cautions given,

(c) notices issued,

(d) proceedings for offences instituted,

(e) officers of the organisation and training provided for them,

(f) complaints about the organisation or its officers.

(2) In particular, such a report must include the following--

(a) a statement of the number of, and a summary of the substance of, complaints relating to animal cruelty or mistreatment received by the organisation,

(b) a statement of the number of visits or investigations made by officers of the organisation as a result of those complaints,

(c) a statement of the number of visits or investigations made by officers of the organisation that were unrelated to those complaints (such as routine inspections of abattoirs, veterinary practices, pet shops or saleyards),

(d) a statement of the number of persons officially cautioned by officers of the organisation,

(e) a statement of the number of notices issued by officers of the organisation under section 24N of the Act,

(f) a statement of the number of penalty notices issued by officers of the organisation,

(g) a statement of the number of proceedings for offences under the Act or the regulations that were instituted by officers of the organisation, together with details of the defendants and the charges,

(h) details of the outcome of such of those proceedings as had been finally determined as at the date of the report,

(i) details of the outcome of such proceedings for offences as were referred to in the immediately previous report but not finally determined as at the date of that report,

(j) a list, current as at the date of the report, of the officers of the organisation, together with any changes made to that list since the immediately previous report,

(k) details of any complaints received by the organisation in relation to its activities (or those of its officers) under the Act, including details as to the resolution of those complaints and of the disciplinary action (if any) taken against any person as a result of those complaints,

(l) details of the training provided by the organisation for its officers.

(3) In this clause,
"officer" has the same meaning as it has in paragraph (b) of the definition of that term in section 4 (1) of the Act.