ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 18

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 18

18 .         Register of licences

        (1)         The CEO is to keep a register of all licences showing, for each licence —

            (a)         the name of the licensee; and

            (b)         whether it is a licence —

                  (i)         to use animals for scientific purposes; or

                  (ii)         to carry on business supplying animals for use for scientific purposes,

                and in the case of subparagraph (i), the scientific purposes for which the animals are or may be used; and

            (c)         details of the places where the animals are or may be used or kept; and

            (d)         the dates of issue, renewal and expiry; and

            (e)         any conditions to which the licence is subject (other than those imposed by section 11); and

            (f)         details of any suspension or revocation of the licence or disqualification of the licensee; and

            (g)         any prescribed details.

        (2)         A licensee must notify the CEO of any change in the details referred to in subsection (1)(a), (c) or (g) within 14 days of the change occurring.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         A person may, at any time during office hours —

            (a)         inspect the register free of charge; and

            (b)         purchase a copy of, or an extract from, the register.

        (4)         The CEO is to ensure that copies of, or extracts from, the register are available and that the price at which they are sold does not exceed the cost of providing them.

        [Section 18 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 354.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2018 s. 6.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2018 s. 7.]