Power of Director-General to issue directives
7.—(1)  The Director-General may, at any time, issue to any licensee such written directives as the Director-General thinks necessary for the purposes of safeguarding the health and welfare of the animals or birds in the premises to which the licence of the licensee relates.
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(2)  Where a licence is suspended or revoked under section 62 of the Act, the Director-General may issue to the person whose licence was suspended or revoked one or more written directives that the Director-General thinks necessary —
(a)for the proper care and handling of the animals or birds in the premises to which the licence was related;
(b)if the licence was in respect of a pet shop —
(i)for the sale or export from the pet shop of any relevant pet animal or bird; or
(ii)for the adoption or fostering of any relevant pet animal or bird,
within the period specified in the written directive; or
(c)if the licence was in respect of any premises for the breeding or rearing of pet animals or birds for reward —
(i)for the sale or export from those premises of any relevant pet animal or bird; or
(ii)for the adoption or fostering of any relevant pet animal or bird,
within the period specified in the written directive.
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(3)  In paragraph (2), “relevant pet animal or bird” means —
(a)in the case of the suspension or revocation of a licence in respect of a pet shop in paragraph (2)(b) — any pet animal or bird kept or displayed at that pet shop but not sold or exported by the day immediately before the date of such suspension or revocation, as the case may be; or
(b)in the case of the suspension or revocation of a licence in respect of any premises for the breeding or rearing of pet animals or birds for reward in paragraph (2)(c) — any pet animal or bird bred or reared (as the case may be) at those premises before the date of such suspension or revocation, as the case may be.
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