### Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Trading and Breeding) Regulations 《公眾衞生(動物及禽鳥)(售賣及繁育)規例》

5B. Power of Director to grant or renew dog breeder licences (category A)
(1) On application in the form specified by the Director and payment of the fee specified in the Schedule, the Director may grant to any individual a dog breeder licence (category A) in respect of any premises, or renew the licence, to—
(a) at any time keep at the premises up to the number of female dogs for breeding purposes that is specified for the premises in the licence; and
(b) sell, or offer to sell, any of those dogs or their offspring.
(2) For subsection (1)(a), the Director may specify up to 4 female dogs.
(3) The Director must not grant or renew a dog breeder licence (category A) unless the Director is satisfied that the primary enclosures, housing facilities and outdoor areas of the premises in which the applicant intends to keep the dogs conform to the standards specified in regulation 6.
(4) The Director may at any time—
(a) attach to a dog breeder licence (category A) any condition the Director thinks fit; and
(b) amend or revoke any condition so attached.
(5) A dog breeder licence (category A) is valid for a period of 12 months beginning on the date the licence is granted or renewed.
(6) An individual may at any time hold only 1 dog breeder licence (category A).
(L.N. 64 of 2016)

5C. Power of Director to grant or renew dog breeder licences (category B)
(1) On application in the form specified by the Director and payment of the fee specified in the Schedule, the Director may grant to any person a dog breeder licence (category B) in respect of any premises, or renew the licence, to—
(a) at any time keep at the premises up to the number of female dogs for breeding purposes that is specified for the premises in the licence; and
(b) sell, or offer to sell—
(i) any of those dogs or their offspring; and
(ii) any dogs from sources specified in the licence.
(2) The Director must not grant or renew a dog breeder licence (category B) unless the Director is satisfied that the primary enclosures, housing facilities and outdoor areas of the premises in which the applicant intends to keep the dogs conform to the standards specified in regulation 6.
(3) The Director may at any time—
(a) attach to a dog breeder licence (category B) any condition the Director thinks fit; and
(b) amend or revoke any condition so attached.
(4) A dog breeder licence (category B) is valid for a period of 12 months beginning on the date the licence is granted or renewed.
(L.N. 64 of 2016)

### Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Trading and Breeding) Regulations 《公眾衞生(動物及禽鳥)(售賣及繁育)規例》

5D. Provision supplementary to regulations 5, 5B and 5C—premises
The Director may only grant 1 licence in respect of 1 premises.
(L.N. 64 of 2016)

5E. Provision supplementary to regulations 5, 5B and 5C—individuals
(1) The Director must not grant a licence to an individual, or renew a licence held by an individual, unless—
(a) the individual has attained the age of 18 years at the date of application for the licence; and
(b) the individual satisfies the Director that the individual is a suitable person to hold the licence.
(2) In determining whether an individual is a suitable person to hold a licence, the Director may take into account all relevant factors, including—
(a) whether the individual has been convicted of an offence under the Ordinance or section 3 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance (Cap. 169);
(b) whether any condition attached to a licence held, or previously held, by the individual has been contravened; and
(c) whether any licence previously held by the individual has been cancelled.
(L.N. 64 of 2016)

### Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Trading and Breeding) Regulations 《公眾衞生(動物及禽鳥)(售賣及繁育)規例》

5F. Provision supplementary to regulations 5, 5B and 5C—bodies corporate or partnerships 
(1) The Director must not grant an animal trader licence or dog breeder licence (category B) to a body corporate or partnership, or renew a licence held by a body corporate or partnership, unless—
(a) the body corporate or partnership satisfies the Director that it is a suitable person to hold the licence;
(b) the body corporate or partnership has authorized an individual to act as its representative for the purpose of the licence; and
(c) the individual satisfies the Director that the individual is a suitable person to manage the operation of the body corporate or partnership permitted by the licence.
(2) In determining whether a body corporate or partnership is a suitable person to hold an animal trader licence or dog breeder licence (category B), the Director may take into account all relevant factors, including—
(a) whether the body corporate or partnership has been convicted of an offence under the Ordinance or section 3 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance (Cap. 169);
(b) whether any condition attached to a licence held, or previously held, by the body corporate or the partnership has been contravened; and
(c) whether any licence previously held by the body corporate or partnership has been cancelled.
(3) In determining whether an individual is a suitable person to manage the operation of a body corporate or partnership permitted by a licence, the Director may take into account all relevant factors, including—
(a) whether the individual has been convicted of an offence under the Ordinance or section 3 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance (Cap. 169);
(b) whether any condition attached to any of the following licences has been contravened—
(i) a licence held, or previously held, by the individual;
(ii) a licence held, or previously held, by a body corporate or partnership for which the individual is or was authorized by the body corporate or partnership to act as its representative; and
(c) whether any of the following licences has been cancelled—
(i) a licence previously held by the individual;
(ii) a licence previously held by a body corporate or partnership for which the individual was authorized by the body corporate or partnership to act as its representative.
(4) If a licensee is a body corporate or partnership, the licensee may, with the approval of the Director, substitute another individual (substitute individual

### Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Trading and Breeding) Regulations 《公眾衞生(動物及禽鳥)(售賣及繁育)規例》

5G. Provision supplementary to regulations 5, 5B and 5C—cancellation
(1) The Director may cancel a licence if the Director considers that—
(a) in any case—the licensee is no longer a suitable person to hold the licence;
(b) if the licensee is a body corporate or partnership—the individual authorized by the licensee to act as its representative is no longer a suitable person to manage the operation of the body corporate or partnership permitted by the licence; or
(c) any condition attached to the licence has been contravened.
(2) The Director must not cancel a licence without first giving the licensee an opportunity of being heard.
(L.N. 64 of 2016)