The Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014

SCHEDULES

Regulation 8(2)

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1 Licence Conditions

Condition 1: Enhancement and Enrichment

1.  The licence holder must implement an enhancement and enrichment programme that has been approved by the local authority.

Condition 2: Socialisation

2.  The licence holder must implement a socialisation programme that has been approved by the local authority.

Condition 3: Health

3.  The licence holder must take all reasonable steps to protect dogs from pain, suffering, injury and disease.

Condition 4: Mating

4.  The licence holder must ensure a breeding bitch—

(a) is not mated until she is 12 months old;

(b) does not give birth to more than 1 litter of puppies in a 12 month period; and

(c) does not give birth to more than 6 litters of puppies in total.

Condition 5: Change of ownership of a puppy

5.  The licence holder must retain ownership and possession of a puppy on the premises occupied by the licence holder until it is at least 56 days old.

Condition 6: Breeding bitch record requirements

6.—(1) The licence holder must maintain a written record in relation to each breeding bitch kept setting out her:

(a) name;

(b) date of birth;

(c) breed;

(d) physical description including colour and identifying features;

(e) health status;

(f) mating details including;

(i) in relation to the sire, the information required in sub-paragraph 1(a) to (e);

(ii) in relation to each puppy born—

(aa) date of birth;

(bb) when ownership is transferred, the new owners name and address.

(2) When ownership of a breeding bitch is transferred the name, address and telephone number of the new owner must be recorded by the licence holder on the record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and a copy of the record must be provided to the new owner and a copy retained by the licence holder.

(3) The record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be available for inspection and retained by the licence holder for the lifetime of the breeding bitch.

Condition 7: Puppy record requirements

7.—(1) The licence holder must maintain a written record confirming the following details in relation to each puppy which is on the premises occupied by the licence holder:

(a) sex;

(b) date of birth;

(c) breed;

(d) physical description including colour and identifying features;

(e) health status;

(f) in relation to the dam, the information required by condition 6(1)(a) to (e); and

(g) in relation to the sire, the information required by condition 6(1)(a) to (e).

(2) When ownership of a puppy is transferred, the name address and telephone number of the new owner must be recorded by the licence holder on the record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) and a copy of the record must be provided to the new owner and a copy retained by the licence holder.

(3) The record referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be available for inspection by the local authority at any time and retained by the licence holder for 3 years from the date of birth of the puppy.

Regulation 26

SCHEDULE 2 Consequential amendments

Breeding of Dogs Act 1973

1.  In section 5 of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 (interpretation), in subsection (2), in the definition of “local authority”, omit “and in Wales the council of a county or county borough”.

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994

2.  In Schedule 16 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (other consequential amendments), omit paragraph 42.

Guard Dogs Act 1975

3.  In section 3 of the Guard Dogs Act 1975 (guard dog kennel licences), before subsection (6) insert—

“(5B) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 13(6) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 arising from the contravention of section 13(1) of that Act in relation to dog breeding in Wales, or of an offence under the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014, subsections (4) and (5) apply as they do to convictions under this Act.”

Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

4.  At the end of section 6 of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (penalties) insert—

“(3B) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 13(6) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 arising from the contravention of section 13(1) of that Act in relation to dog breeding in Wales, or of an offence under the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014, subsections (2) and (3) apply as they do to convictions under this Act”.

Zoo Licensing Act 1981

5.  In section 4 of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (grant or refusal of licence), in subsection (5), insert at the end—

““section 13(6) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, so far as the offence arises from the contravention of section 13(1) of that Act in relation to dog breeding in Wales;

the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014.”