Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL FARMING (REGISTRATION) ACT 1994 - SECT 7

      (1) On receipt of an application under section 6, the Secretary may grant or refuse to grant registration of the animal farmer.

      (2) In determining whether to grant registration, the Secretary must consider –

(a) whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to farm prescribed animals; and

(b) the suitability of the area and premises in which the applicant proposes to farm prescribed animals; and

(c) such other matters that the Secretary considers relevant.

      (3) The Secretary may grant registration –

(a) for a period not exceeding 5 years; and

(b) subject to the conditions specified in the registration certificate.

      (4) The Secretary must notify the applicant, in writing –

(a) of the decision made under subsection (1); and

(b) if the Secretary has refused to grant registration, of the reasons for that refusal.