[Ord. #2015-08 S 2]
ANIMAL
shall mean a cat or dog.
BREEDER
shall mean any person, firm, corporation or organization
in the business of breeding cats or dogs.
BROKER
shall mean any person, firm, corporation or organization
who sells a cat or dog to a pet shop, whether or not the broker is
also the breeder of the cat or dog.
CONSUMER
shall mean a person purchasing a cat or dog not for the purpose
of resale.
DIRECTOR
shall mean the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs
in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
DIVISION
shall mean the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department
of Law and Public Safety.
PET DEALER
shall mean any person engaged in the ordinary course of business
in the sale of cats or dogs to the public for profit or any person
who sells or offers for sale more than five (5) cats or dogs in one
year.
PET SHOP
shall mean a pet shop as defined in Section 1 of P.L. 1941,
c.151 (C.4:19-15.1).
QUARANTINE
shall mean to hold in segregation from the general population
any cat or dog because of the presence or suspected presence of a
contagious or infectious disease.
UNFIT FOR PURCHASE
shall mean any disease, deformity, injury, physical condition,
illness or defect which is congenital or hereditary and severely affects
the health of the animal, or which was manifest, capable of diagnosis
or likely contracted on or before the sale and delivery of the animal
to the consumer. The death of an animal within fourteen (14) days
of its delivery to the consumer, except by death by accident or as
a result of injuries sustained during that period, shall mean the
animal was unfit for purchase.
USDA
shall mean the United States Department of Agriculture.
USDA LICENSE NUMBER
shall mean the license number issued to a breeder or broker
by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Federal
"Animal Welfare Act," 7 U.S.C. s.2131 et seq., or any rules or regulations
adopted pursuant thereto.
VETERINARIAN
shall mean a veterinarian licensed to practice in the State
of New Jersey.
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Any person who violates subsection c. of section 4 of P.L. 1999,
c.336 (C.56:8-95) or section 3 of P.L. 2015, c.7 (C.56:8-95.1), and
any owner or operator who fails to provide information or provides
false information pursuant to the requirements of subsection f. of
section 4 of P.L. 1999, c.336 (C.56:8-95), shall be subject to a fine
of $500.00 for each violation, to be collected by the division in
a civil action by a summary proceeding under the "Penalty Enforcement
Law of 1999", c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).