56Maintenance of records if licence holder ceases to provide animal registry service

56 Maintenance of records if licence holder ceases to provide animal registry service

(1) If a licence holder intends to cease providing an animal registry service in respect of prescribed animals, the licence holder must, before ceasing to provide the service and relinquishing the relevant animal registry licence—

(a) enter into a written agreement with a person for that person to continue to provide the service in respect of those animals, that complies with the requirements of regulation 43 in relation to each animal; or

(b) give to the Secretary in electronic format every record in relation to the animals in respect of which the holder provides that service.

(2) If a licence holder is unable to continue to provide an animal registry service in respect of prescribed animals due to the licence holder's incapacity or death, the licence holder's guardian or the personal representative of the licence holder's estate (as the case may be) must as soon as practicable—

(a) enter into a written agreement with a person for that person to continue to provide the service in respect of those animals, that complies with the requirements of regulation 43 in relation to each animal; or

(b) give to the Secretary in electronic format every record in relation to the animals in respect of which the holder provides that service.

(3) If it appears to the Secretary that a licence holder has ceased to provide the animal registry service in respect of prescribed animals for which the licence holder is licensed, the Secretary may request any person who appears to have possession or control of the records relating to those animals to give the records in electronic format to the Secretary.

(4) A person must comply with a request under subregulation (3) unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not so complying.