Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)11. Animal breeders' society |
| (1) | A group of persons may be registered as an animal breeders’ society if— |
| (a) | the kind of animal or a specified breed of such kind of animal with which such a group of persons is concerned, has been declared in terms of section 2 to be an animal for the purpose of this Act; |
| (b) | no other such registration has been granted in respect of an animal breeders’ society which is concerned with the same breed of such kind of animal; |
| (c) | the constitution of such group of persons specifically provides— |
| (i) | for the promoting, breeding, recording or registration, genetic improvement and use of a kind of animal or an animal of a specified breed of such kind of animal; |
| (ii) | for the determination and the application of breed standards, and for the recommendation, in its sole discretion, to a registering authority of the recording or the registration of an animal or of a specified breed bred or imported into the Republic; |
| (iii) | for the continued commitment to animal improvement; |
| (iv) | for the manner in which the constitution may be amended; and |
| (d) | such group of persons complies with such requirements as may be prescribed. |
| (2) | An animal breeders' society or group of animal breeders' societies may be registered as a registering authority with reference to the kind of animal or kinds of animals of a specified breed or breeds of such kind of animals if— |
| (a) | no other such registration has been granted in respect of a registering authority which is concerned with the same animal or breed of animal: Provided that if another registering authority has been previously registered as such in respect of a specified kind of animal or a specified breed of such kind of animal, the registrar may, with due allowance for the decision of the majority of the breeders registered as such with the relevant animal breeders’ society concerned with such a kind of animal or breed of such kind of animal, grant an application referred to in section 8(3); |
| (b) | the constitution of such registering authority provides that— |
| (i) | before any information with reference to an individual animal is accepted and the animal is registered or recorded, such information shall be subject to verification in respect of the correctness of parentage, the interbirth cycle of the dam, the ownership of the parents at the time of serving and the birth of the animal; |
| (ii) | the manner of verification of all registration particulars, the manner in which records are created and kept, and the contents of the records shall comply with the requirements determined by the registrar, in consultation with all other registering authorities; |
| (iii) | the applicable fees, if any, for the registration of prefixes and suffixes and for participation in the integrated registration and genetic information system, shall be paid to the organisation referred to in section 15(3)(a); |
| (iv) | a breeder’s right to direct participation in the integrated registration and genetic information system is acknowledged in the event of the animal breeders’ society’s failure to comply with its own constitution in the opinion of the registrar; |
| (v) | the manner in which the constitution may be amended, is described; and |
| (c) | such animal breeders’ society or group of animal breeders’ societies complies with such requirements as may be prescribed. |