5Approval to operate cat management facility

5 Approval to operate cat management facility

(1)  A person or organisation may apply to the Secretary for approval to operate a facility as a cat management facility.

(2)  An application under subregulation (1) is to –

(a) be in an approved form; and

(b) specify –

(i) the facility that is intended to be operated as a cat management facility; and

(ii) the size of the facility with reference to the building size and land size; and

(iii) the intended maximum number of cats to be housed at the facility; and

(c) provide full details in respect of –

(i) any offence, of which the applicant has been convicted, that involves or relates to an animal; and

(ii) all current approvals for the facility that are required under any Act for the facility to operate and that are held in relation to the facility.

(3)  The Secretary may –

(a) request further information from a person or organisation that has made an application under subregulation (1) ; and

(b) take the further information into account when considering the application.

(4)  The Secretary, on receiving an application under subregulation (1) from a person or organisation, may –

(a) grant to the person or organisation an approval (a cat management facility approval) to operate, as a cat management facility, a facility specified in the approval, subject to any conditions that the Secretary thinks fit, if the Secretary is satisfied –

(i) that the person or organisation is fit and proper to operate such a facility; and

(ii) that it is appropriate to approve the person or organisation to operate such a facility; or