ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 218 Reporting obligation of registered person

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 218

218 Reporting obligation of registered person

(1) This section applies to a registered person if, under section 87 as in force before the commencement, the person has given the chief executive an annual report for the period ending on 30 April 2006 or a new reporting day for that period.

(2) For the registered person’s first annual report after the report mentioned in subsection (1), section 87 as in force after the commencement applies to the person as if a reference in section 87(1) to the period from 1 January to 31 December were a reference to—

(a) if the person’s annual report mentioned in subsection (1) was for the period ending on 30 April 2006—the period from 1 May to 31 December; or

(b) if the person’s annual report mentioned in subsection (1) was for the period ending on a new reporting day—the period from the day after the new reporting day to 31 December.

(3) In this section—


"annual report" means a written report required to be given to the chief executive under section 87.


"commencement" means the day this section commences.


"new reporting day" means a new reporting day under section 87(3).