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Companion Animals Act 1998
88BDesignation of organisations as rehoming organisations
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#### 88B Designation of organisations as rehoming organisations
88B Designation of organisations as rehoming organisations
> > (1) The Departmental Chief Executive may, by notice in writing, designate an organisation as a rehoming organisation.
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> > (2) The designation of an organisation under this section—
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> > > (a) may be granted subject to conditions or unconditionally, and
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> > > (b) may be revoked by the Departmental Chief Executive, by notice in writing.
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> > (3) The Departmental Chief Executive may, in the same notice or in a further written notice, exempt an organisation that has been designated under this section from any or all of the following obligations—
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> > > (a) the obligation under section 9 to register any or all companion animals in the custody of the organisation,
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> > > (b) the obligation to pay a fee for the registration of any or all companion animals in the custody of the organisation,
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> > > (c) the obligation to pay a fee for a permit relating to any or all companion animals in the custody of the organisation.
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> > (4) The exemption of an organisation under this section—
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> > > (a) may be granted subject to conditions or unconditionally, and
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> > > (b) may be revoked by the Departmental Chief Executive, by notice in writing.
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> **s 88B:** Ins 2018 No 27, Sch 1 \[20\].