16DCancellation of multiple cat permit

16D Cancellation of multiple cat permit

[Section 16D Inserted by No. 25 of 2020, s. 13, Applied:01 Mar 2022]

(1)  The Secretary or a general manager may, by notice in writing served on the holder of a multiple cat permit issued by the Secretary or general manager, respectively, cancel the multiple cat permit from a day specified in the notice that is not less than one month after the notice is served on the holder of the permit.

(2)  The Secretary or a general manager may only cancel a multiple cat permit under subsection (1) if satisfied that –

(a) the provisions of this Act or any other relevant Act are not being complied with; or

(b) any condition of the permit is not being complied with; or

(c) the situation or condition of the premises on which the relevant cats are being kept is such that the cats are creating a nuisance; or

(d) it is in the public interest that the permit be cancelled.

(3)  Before cancelling a multiple cat permit, the Secretary or general manager is to –

(a) give to the holder of the permit one month’s notice in writing to make submissions as to why the permit should not be cancelled; and

(b) consider the submissions made under subsection (4) , if any, by the holder of the permit.

(4)  The holder of a multiple cat permit may, within one month after notice is served on that person by the Secretary or general manager under subsection (1) , make to the Secretary or general manager, respectively, a submission in writing as to why the permit should not be cancelled.

(5)  A multiple cat permit is cancelled on and from the day specified in a notice given under subsection (1) in relation to the permit as the day on which the permit is cancelled.