(1) The Council must refuse to register the premises on which a breeding domestic animal business is proposed to be conducted, if the Council is satisfied that more than 10 relevant fertile female dogs are proposed to be kept at the premises.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the breeding domestic animal business is to be conducted by a proprietor who is an approved commercial dog breeder.
S. 54C inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 29.