Victorian Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AMENDMENT (PUPPY FARM ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2011 (NO. 75 OF 2011) - SECT 3

See:
Act No.
81/1994.
Reprint No. 5
as at
1 September 2010
and amending
Act Nos
78/2010, 39/2011 and 55/2011.
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s. 3

    (1)     In section 3(1) of the Domestic Animals Act 1994 , in the definition of "animal shelter", after "dogs or cats" insert "but does not include premises that are part of a community foster care network".

    (2)     In section 3(1) of the Domestic Animals Act 1994 , for paragraph (b) of the definition of domestic animal business substitute —

    "(b)         an enterprise which carries out the breeding of dogs or cats to sell, where—

              (i)     in the case of an enterprise whose proprietor is a member of an applicable organisation, the enterprise has 10 or more fertile female dogs or 10 or more fertile female cats; or

              (ii)     in the case of an enterprise whose proprietor is not a member of an applicable organisation, the enterprise has 3 or more fertile female dogs or 3 or more fertile female cats; or

        (c)     an enterprise that is run for profit which carries out the rearing, training or boarding of dogs or cats;".

    (3)     In section 3(1) of the Domestic Animals Act 1994 insert the following definitions—

""Animal Welfare Fund" means the Animal Welfare Fund established under Part 7F;

"breeding domestic animal business "means a domestic animal business to which paragraph (b) of the definition of domestic animal business applies;

"community foster care network" means an organisation that—

        (a)     arranges temporary housing for cats or dogs in private residential premises instead of other premises; and

        (b)     seeks permanent housing for the dogs or cats;

"sell "has the same meaning as in the Wildlife Act 1975 ;".