38Notification of changes and events by owners of identified companion animals

38 Notification of changes and events by owners of identified companion animals

38 Notification of changes and events by owners of identified companion animals

(1) A notification for the purposes of section 11 of the Act—

(a) in the case of the notification of the death of a companion animal—is to be given by telephone or in writing in the approved form, and

(b) in any other case—is to be given in writing using the form authorised by the Departmental Chief Executive, and

(c) may be given to the Departmental Chief Executive by being given to a registration agent.

(2) A notification for the purposes of section 11 of the Act may, if the owner of the companion animal is authorised to access information contained in the Register, be given by recording the change or event concerned online in the Register.

(3) Section 11 (1) of the Act, in so far as it imposes an obligation to notify the Departmental Chief Executive of the change of ownership of an identified companion animal that is registered, does not impose that obligation on the new owner.

Note.

Section 11 (3) of the Act provides that, in the event of a change of ownership of a registered animal, the certificate of registration showing the registration information as changed is to be provided to the new owner.

(4) Section 11 (1) of the Act does not apply to the owner of a category 3 or category 4 companion animal if the identification information for the animal has not been entered on the Register.