sec.256GContinuation of authorisation to keep pet or working dog in resident’s room

### sec.256G Continuation of authorisation to keep pet or working dog in resident’s room This section applies if— the provider gives approval for the resident to keep a pet in the resident’s room; or See section 256D (4) for circumstances in which a provider is taken to have approved a pet being kept in the resident’s room. the resident is authorised under section 256B (2) to keep a working dog in the resident’s room. The authorisation to keep the pet or working dog in the resident’s room continues for the life of the pet or working dog and is not affected by any of the following matters— the ending of a rooming accommodation agreement, if the resident continues occupying the room under a new agreement; a change in the provider or provider’s agent; for a working dog—the retirement of the dog from the service the dog provided as a working dog. s 256G ins 2021 No. 19 s 54 (sec.256G-ssec.1) This section applies if— the provider gives approval for the resident to keep a pet in the resident’s room; or See section 256D (4) for circumstances in which a provider is taken to have approved a pet being kept in the resident’s room. the resident is authorised under section 256B (2) to keep a working dog in the resident’s room. (sec.256G-ssec.2) The authorisation to keep the pet or working dog in the resident’s room continues for the life of the pet or working dog and is not affected by any of the following matters— the ending of a rooming accommodation agreement, if the resident continues occupying the room under a new agreement; a change in the provider or provider’s agent; for a working dog—the retirement of the dog from the service the dog provided as a working dog. - (a) the provider gives approval for the resident to keep a pet in the resident’s room; or Note— See section 256D (4) for circumstances in which a provider is taken to have approved a pet being kept in the resident’s room. - (b) the resident is authorised under section 256B (2) to keep a working dog in the resident’s room. - (a) the ending of a rooming accommodation agreement, if the resident continues occupying the room under a new agreement; - (b) a change in the provider or provider’s agent; - (c) for a working dog—the retirement of the dog from the service the dog provided as a working dog.