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Domestic Animals Regulations 2025
43Period of time for which records of prescribed animals must be maintained
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43 Period of time for which records of prescribed animals must be maintained
A licence holder who has agreed to provide an animal registry service in respect of a prescribed animal must keep and maintain any record relating to that animal as part of that service for the greater of the following periods—
(a) the lifetime of the animal;
(b) 30 years after the licence holder first established a record in relation to that animal as part of such a service;
(c) 30 years after any former licence holder first established a record relating to that animal as part of such a service.