Welcome to our document library. Here you will find minutes for CASC meetings, reports, general guidance documents and more.
Legislation
CASC LAIA PIR Report
In order to provide feedback to DEFRA and help inform the LAIA Post Implementation review report CASC undertook a stakeholder survey and produced a detailed report and recommendations. You can read our report HERE.
CASC DWA Working Group Report
The CASC specialist working group reviewing the provisions of the DWA legislation has issued its first report which includes a series of recommendations for both short and long term measures that could be taken to deliver improvements to the act and its administration. Read the report HERE.
Problems with obtaining Public Liability Insurance for DWA license holders.
Since late 2021 there have been restrictions on insurance companies that offer Public Liability Insurance for DWA license holders. This has impacted availability and cost of insurance, which is a requirement of a license. CASC has been engaging with DEFRA to raise awareness of the issue and the potential welfare outcomes. In order to accurately assess the impact of the problem and report back to DEFRA we asked DWA holders to complete a short survey.
CASC submission in response to the DEFRA call for evidence on the keeping of primates as pets
The CASC working group has submitted their report with recommendations on the way forward for legislation relating to the keeping of primates as pets. You can read the report HERE.
LAIA guidance notes for licensable activities. (effective 1st February 2022)
DEFRA have refreshed the guidance notes for licensable activities regulated under Licensing of Activities Involving Animals (LAIA) regulations. These include; Cat Boarding, Day Care for Dogs, Dog Breeding, Hiring out Horses, Home Boarding, Keeping or training animals for exhibition, Kennel boarding, Selling animals as pets and the procedural guidance for LA’s. The changes are relatively minor, being limited to clarifying the guidance and correcting inconstancies and errors, but the notes have been re-formatted to comply with the latest .gov standards and so will look quite different when published.
The current guidance can be viewed from the links below. Please note that this may be updated frequently so ensure that you check back frequently for the latest version.
Selling Animals as pets
Animal Exhibits
Other guidance
Guidance
Guidance on mitigating the effects of supply chain issues associated with the supply of frozen rodents used as pet food (December 2021)
A problem with the supply of dead rodents used as feed for pet snakes and other pet animals has caused ongoing shortages in the UK. Background information can be found here and further guidance here.
LAIA guidance notes for pet vending (2018)
Other useful documents
Government press release for call for evidence relating to the keeping of Primates