Western Australian Current Acts

CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 88

88 .         Transitional provision for the Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021

        (1)         In this section —

        centralised registration system means the electronic database or system the Department CEO will be required to establish and maintain when the Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021 section 59 comes into operation;

        commencement day means the day on which the Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021 section 59 comes into operation;

        Department CEO means the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act.

        (2)         The Department CEO may establish and maintain the centralised registration system before the commencement day and may —

            (a)         permit a local government to record in the centralised registration system any information that the local government is required under this Act to record in a register maintained by it; and

            (b)         cause or permit information to be transferred from a register maintained by a local government to the centralised registration system.

        (3)         If a local government records information in the centralised registration system under subsection (2)(a), or information from a register maintained by the local government is transferred to the centralised registration system under subsection (2)(b), before the commencement day the information is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be information recorded by the local government on a register maintained by the local government.

        [Section 88 inserted: No. 29 of 2021 s. 62.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Cat Act 2011 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Cat Act 2011	55 of 2011	9 Nov 2011	s. 1 and 2: 9 Nov 2011 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1, 2, 5, 6, 14(1), 18(1), 22-24, 26-35, 41, 49, 55-60 and 86: 1 Nov 2012 (see s. 2(b)); s. 5, 6, 14(1), 18(1), 22- 24, 26- 35, 41, 49, 55- 60 and 86: 1 Nov 2013 (see s. 2(c))
Public Health (Consequential Provisions) Act 2016 Pt. 3 Div. 7	19 of 2016	25 Jul 2016	24 Jan 2017 (see s. 2(1)(c) and Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 165)
Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 2019 Pt. 4 Div. 2	16 of 2019	5 Jul 2019	7 Nov 2020 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2020/212 cl. 2)
Veterinary Practice Act 2021 s. 228	19 of 2021	27 Oct 2021	18 Jun 2022 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2022/81 cl. 2)
Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021 Pt. 3 (but only s. 49 and 62)	29 of 2021	22 Dec 2021	27 Aug 2022 (see s. 2(e) and SL 2022/150 cl. 2)

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021 s. 50-61	29 of 2021	22 Dec 2021	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(e))

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
approved cat breeder         3(1)
authorised person         3(1)
cat         3(1)
cat management facility         3(1)
centralised registration system         88(1)
commencement day         88(1)
conditions         45(5)
Department CEO         88(1)
local government         61
microchip         3(1)
microchip database         3(1)
microchip database company         3(1)
microchip implanter         3(1)
microchipped         3(1)
owner         3(1), 4(1)
premises         3(1)
prescribed         3(1), 61
public place         3(1)
purchaser         22
register         3(1)
registered         3(1)
registered owner         3(1)
registration tag         3(1)
scan         3(1)
seller         22
specified         75(2)
sterilised         3(1)
transfer         3(1)
veterinarian         3(1)