Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of section 5B(4)(a) of the Act, the following details are prescribed—
(a) the organisation name and contact details;
(b) the names and roles of members of the board, committee or other managing body of the organisation, as applicable;
(c) the names of other qualified dog obedience trainers and other dog obedience training organisations that the dog obedience training organisation represents;
(d) the total number of members of the organisation.
(2) An application under section 5B(4) must be accompanied by the following—
(a) a copy of the organisation's code of ethics;
(b) a copy of the organisation's complaints policy and complaints handling procedure;
(c) a copy of the organisation's disciplinary policy and disciplinary hearing procedure;
(d) a copy of the organisation's procedures and protocols for reporting and handling of incidents such as animal cruelty, dog attacks or animal diseases;
(e) evidence used to demonstrate that each member of the organisation has received and agreed to the conditions of being a member of an approved dog obedience training organisation;
(f) a copy of the dog obedience training program for dogs that is administered by the organisation that provides details of—
(i) the manner in which the skills described in regulation 5F are developed in those dogs; and
(ii) the standards to which those skills are assessed by the organisation;
(g) a copy of the dog obedience trainer assessment program for persons being trained as qualified dog obedience trainers that is administered by the organisation that provides details of—
(i) the manner in which the skills described in regulation 5G(1) are developed in those persons; and
(ii) the standards to which those skills are assessed by the organisation;
(h) a copy of a statement demonstrating how members are informed about the requirements applying to the approval status of the organisation and its code of ethics;
Reg. 5D(2)(i) substituted by S.R. No. 36/2019 reg. 8.
(i) a copy of the education and training program used by the organisation in the previous year to inform members that they must comply with the Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and any other laws relating to the keeping of dogs or cats;
Reg. 5D(2)(j) inserted by S.R. No. 36/2019 reg. 8.
(j) a copy of the training calendar proposed to be used by the organisation for the next year to inform members that they must comply with the Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and any other laws relating to the keeping of dogs.
Reg. 5E inserted by S.R. No. 35/2018 reg. 6.