Section 2: Regulations for Businesses Dealing with Animals
(Notification of Engagement is Businesses Dealing with Animals)
Article 8
1. Individuals or corporations who are to engage in running a business (the definition of "animal" is limited to mammals, birds and reptiles and does not include animals in care or keeping at livestock farms, etc., or animals used for experimental research, manufacture of biotics or other purposes or other purposes as defined by relevant laws or instructions; this definition applies hereinafter in the current and following Sections) dealing with animals (the definition of "businesses dealing with animals" applies to individuals or organizations engaged in sales, keeping, renting out, training, exhibiting and other animal handling activities on a commercial basis as determined by relevant laws or instructions; this definition applies hereinafter) that utilizes facilities for the care or keeping of animals (hereinafter referred to as "keeping facilities") are required to notify the following items to their local prefectural governor (or to the mayor in the case of cities specially designated by Government Ordinance and accorded the privilege of executing autonomously certain administrative affairs that ordinarily fall within the jurisdiction of the Prefectural Office under the Local Government Act [1947, Law No. 67, Article 252-19-1], hereinafter referred to as "designated cities"; this definition applies hereinafter in the current Section and in Articles 15-1 and 2) with respect to each of the business's branch offices that contains facilities for keeping animals, in accordance with stipulations issued by the Ministry of the Environment. Items to be notified: