Cat (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 2013 (WA)

Western Australia Cat Act 2011 Cat (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 2013 Western Australia Cat (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 2013 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. These regulations operate as local laws 1 4. Terms used 1 5. Number of cats not to include cats under 6 months of age 2 6. Offence to keep more than standard number of cats 2 7. Limits on number of cats kept at certain premises 3 8. Application to keep additional number of cats 3 9. Grant of approval to keep additional number of cats 4 10. Duration of approval 4 11. Review by the State Administrative Tribunal 4 12. Transitional arrangements in certain circumstances 5 13. Infringement notices 6 14. Objection: prescribed form 6 Notes Compilation table 7 Defined terms Western Australia Cat Act 2011 Cat (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 2013

1. Citation These regulations are the Cat (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 2013.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. These regulations operate as local laws Under section 77 of the Act, these regulations apply as if they were local laws made by each local government.

4. Terms used (1) In these regulations — additional number of cats, in relation to prescribed premises, means a number of cats that is in addition to the standard number of cats for the premises; approval means approval granted under regulation 9 to keep an additional number of cats; member of a cat organisation means a person referred to in the Cat Regulations 2012 regulation 23(c); prescribed premises means premises to which a local law applies that limits the number of cats that may be kept at those premises; standard number of cats, in relation to prescribed premises, means — (a) if a member of a cat organisation is not ordinarily resident at the premises, the number of cats that may be kept at the premises under the local law that applies to the premises; or (b) if a member of a cat organisation is ordinarily resident at the premises, the number of cats referred to in regulation 7. (2) The reference to a local law in the definition of prescribed premises includes a reference to a local law made under the Local Government Act 1995 that has effect under regulation 12(2) as if it were a local law made under the Act.