Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 3192

ANIMALS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) Regulations 1999

Made

29th November 1999

Laid before Parliament

7th December 1999

Coming into force

30th December 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(4)(i) and (4A) of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 30th December 1999.

(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Scotland.

2.  For the purposes of section 1(4)(i) of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, the records referred to in that section shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Mike O'Brien

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

29th November 1999

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE FORM OF RECORD TO BE KEPT BY LICENSED DOG BREEDER FOR EACH BREEDING BITCH

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended by the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999, requires the local authority to have regard to certain matters in determining whether to grant a licence for the keeping of a breeding establishment and about which conditions must be included in the licence. One such matter is that accurate records should be kept at the premises and made available for inspection (section 1(4)(i) of the 1973 Act).

These Regulations, which do not apply to Scotland, prescribe the form in which those records must be kept.

(1)

1973 c. 60, as amended by section 2 of the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 (c. 11).