CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 9
CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 9
9 . Registration
(1) On receiving an
application for the grant or renewal of the registration of a cat under
section 8, a local government is to —
(a)
grant or refuse to grant the registration of the cat; or
(b)
renew or refuse to renew the registration of the cat.
(2) A local government
must refuse an application for the grant or renewal of the registration of a
cat if, and only if, the local government is satisfied that one or more of the
following apply —
(a) the
applicant is a child under 18 years of age;
(b) the
cat belongs to a class of cats prescribed as exempt from registration;
(c) the
cat is not microchipped;
(d) the
cat is not sterilised;
(e) the
applicant has been convicted within the previous 3 years of 2 or more offences
against any of the following —
(i)
this Act;
(ii)
the Dog Act 1976 ;
(iii)
the Animal Welfare Act 2002 .
(3) Despite subsection
(2)(c), a local government must not refuse an application for the grant or
renewal of the registration of a cat that is not microchipped if the cat is
exempt from microchipping as referred to in section 14(2).
(4) Despite subsection
(2)(d), a local government must not refuse an application for the grant or
renewal of the registration of a cat that is not sterilised if the cat is
exempt from sterilisation as referred to in section 18(2).
(5) A local government
to which an application is made may require the applicant to give the local
government, within a specified time of not more than 21 days, any document or
information that it requires to determine the application and may require the
applicant to verify the information by statutory declaration.
(6) The local
government may refuse to consider an application if the applicant does not
comply with a requirement under subsection (5) within the specified time.
(7) Subject to this
Act, the grant or renewal of the registration of a cat has effect for the
period, or periods, prescribed.