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Regulation 8(2)
1. The licence holder must implement an enhancement and enrichment programme that has been approved by the local authority.
2. The licence holder must implement a socialisation programme that has been approved by the local authority.
3. The licence holder must take all reasonable steps to protect dogs from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
4. The licence holder must ensure a breeding bitch—
(a)is not mated until she is 12 months old;
(b)does not give birth to more than 1 litter of puppies in a 12 month period; and
(c)does not give birth to more than 6 litters of puppies in total.
5. The licence holder must retain ownership and possession of a puppy on the premises occupied by the licence holder until it is at least 56 days old.
6.—(1) The licence holder must maintain a written record in relation to each breeding bitch kept setting out her:
(a)name;
(b)date of birth;
(c)breed;
(d)physical description including colour and identifying features;
(e)health status;
(f)mating details including;
(i)in relation to the sire, the information required in sub-paragraph 1(a) to (e);
(ii)in relation to each puppy born—
(aa)date of birth;
(bb)when ownership is transferred, the new owners name and address.
(2) When ownership of a breeding bitch is transferred the name, address and telephone number of the new owner must be recorded by the licence holder on the record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and a copy of the record must be provided to the new owner and a copy retained by the licence holder.
(3) The record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be available for inspection and retained by the licence holder for the lifetime of the breeding bitch.
7.—(1) The licence holder must maintain a written record confirming the following details in relation to each puppy which is on the premises occupied by the licence holder:
(a)sex;
(b)date of birth;
(c)breed;
(d)physical description including colour and identifying features;
(e)health status;
(f)in relation to the dam, the information required by condition 6(1)(a) to (e); and
(g)in relation to the sire, the information required by condition 6(1)(a) to (e).
(2) When ownership of a puppy is transferred, the name address and telephone number of the new owner must be recorded by the licence holder on the record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and a copy of the record must be provided to the new owner and a copy retained by the licence holder.
(3) The record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be available for inspection by the local authority at any time and retained by the licence holder for 3 years from the date of birth of the puppy.
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