New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

COMPANION ANIMALS REGULATION 1999 - REG 5A

5A Categories of identified companion animals

(1) For the purposes of this Regulation, the following categories of identified companion animals are specified:

(a) "category 1 companion animals", being companion animals that are required to be identified for the purposes of section 8 of the Act,

(b) "category 2 companion animals", being companion animals that are identified, on a voluntary basis on or after 1 October 2001, by the implantation of a microchip in accordance with clauses 6, 7 and 8,

(c) "category 3 companion animals", being companion animals that have been identified, on a voluntary basis before 1 October 2001, by the implantation of a recognised microchip,

(d) "category 4 companion animals", being companion animals that have been identified, in a place other than New South Wales, by the implantation of a recognised microchip.

(2) A category 3 or category 4 companion animal is taken to be identified for the purposes of section 8 of the Act.

(3) A reference in subclause (1) to a companion animal that is identified on a "voluntary basis" is a reference to a companion animal that is identified otherwise than for the purposes of section 8 of the Act.

(4) In subclause (1), "recognised microchip" means a microchip that, in the opinion of the Director-General:

(a) has been implanted in the companion animal concerned in accordance with the procedure set out in clause 6 (2), and

(b) has allocated to it a unique identification number, and

(c) functions properly.