18Details to be entered into microchip database

18 Details to be entered into microchip database

(1)  For section 12(3) of the Act, the prescribed details to be entered in the microchip database in respect of each cat that is implanted with a microchip under the Act are as follows:

(a) the name, residential address and contact number of the owner of the cat;

(b) an alternative contact and contact number for the owner of the cat, if available;

(c) the address and municipal area in which the cat resides, if the address is different from the residential address under paragraph (a) ;

(d) the name of the cat;

(e) the breed of the cat, if known;

(f) whether or not the cat has been desexed;

(g) the colouring of the cat;

(h) the date of birth of the cat or, if the date of birth is not known, the approximate age of the cat;

(i) the unique identification number of the microchip;

(j) the date of implantation of the microchip;

(k) the full name of the microchip implanter;

(l) the business address of the microchip implanter.

(2)  For the purposes of section 12(3) of the Act, a person is taken to have provided the prescribed details in relation to a microchip implanted before the commencement of the Act if the person complied with any request for information by the microchip implanter at the time at which the cat was microchipped.

(3)  The owner of a cat that has been implanted with a microchip, whether before or after the commencement of the Act, is to ensure that the microchip database provider is notified of a change in any of the details specified in subregulation (1) within 30 days after the change has occurred.

(4)  A microchip implanter must keep a record of the details required to be entered under section 12(3) of the Act until the microchip implanter has confirmation that the information has been recorded by the microchip database provider.