Conversion to perpetual licence for sterilised dogs
5A.—(1) A specified licence for a dog that has been sterilised as at the date the licence is issued is converted to a perpetual licence with effect from 1 September 2020.
(2) Where —
(a)
before, on or after 1 September 2020, a licence with a validity period of 3 years was issued in respect of an unsterilised dog;
(b)
the dog was sterilised before the expiry of the licence; and
(c)
the licensee provides the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General,
the licence is converted to a perpetual licence with effect from —
(d)
where the dog was sterilised before 1 September 2020 and the licensee had, before that date, provided the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General — 1 September 2020; or
(e)
where the dog was sterilised whether before, on or after 1 September 2020 and the licensee provides, on or after that date, the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General — the date on which the licensee provides the evidence of the sterilisation.
(3) Where —
(a)
before, on or after 1 September 2020, a licence with a validity period of 3 years was issued in respect of an unsterilised dog;
(b)
the licence was transferred for the remaining validity period (whether or not the licence had previously been transferred to the transferor), and a licence issued to the transferee for the remaining validity period;
(c)
as at the date of the application to transfer the licence from the transferor to the transferee, not more than 2 other dogs were kept at the premises at which the dog (the licence of which was to be transferred) was to be kept after the transfer;
(d)
the dog (the licence of which was transferred) is sterilised before the expiry of the remaining validity period mentioned in sub-paragraph (b); and
(e)
the transferee provides the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General,
the licence is converted to a perpetual licence with effect from —
(f)
where the dog was sterilised before 1 September 2020 and the transferee had, before that date, provided the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General — 1 September 2020; or
(g)
where the dog was sterilised whether before, on or after 1 September 2020 and the transferee provides, on or after that date, the evidence of the sterilisation in the form and manner specified by the Director-General — the date on which the licensee provides the evidence of the sterilisation.
(4) In this rule, “specified licence” means a licence that is —
(a)
issued with a validity period of 3 years for a dog before 1 September 2020; and