Don’t just get told that there’s new legislation in WA about cats – SEE the actual legislation and understand what it means!
Here’s all the stuff you need to know to be valuable to your clients:
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CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION
Here’s the summary – the Act is meant to :
- Provide control and management of cats in WA
- Promote and encourage responsible ownership
- Cats to be sterilised, microchipped and registered
The legislation means all cats:
- must be sterilised unless being used for breeding
- microchipped so they can be returned if lost, stolen or stray from properties
- registered so local government can readily deal with cats without owners
The new Cat Act gives local governments the power to deal with owners that are not responsible, including cat hoarders, and with cats that are not owned.
Fact File
- There will be a phase-in period from November 1, 2012
- Registration, microchipping and sterilisation will only be required by November 1, 2013
(from the office of Jim Castrilli, Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests, Nov 2011)
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