Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 27

    (1)     On an application by a person for a licence, the authority must—

        (a)     grant the licence for the premises stated in the application (the licensed premises ); or

        (b)     refuse to grant the licence.

    (2)     In deciding whether to grant the licence, the authority must consider—

        (a)     the applicant's experience and competency in caring for and handling animals; and

        (b)     the adequacy of the premises stated in the application, equipment and other facilities for caring for and handling animals; and

        (c)     the adequacy of arrangements for the provision of veterinary treatment to animals at the premises stated in the application; and

        (d)     the applicant's response (or lack of response) to any request for further information under section 26 (2); and

        (e)     whether the applicant has obtained and kept in force any necessary licences under the Nature Conservation Act 2014

; and

        (f)     whether the applicant has, within the 3 years immediately before the date of the application, been convicted or found guilty of a defined offence; and

        (g)     any criteria prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not limit the matters that the authority may consider.

    (4)     In this section:

"applicant "includes, if the applicant is a corporation, each executive officer of the corporation.

"grant "includes grant by way of renewal.

"renewal", of a licence, means the grant of the licence that is to begin on the day after the day the licence being renewed ends.