NOTES TO ASSIST YOU IN THE COMPLETION OF THE PREFIX APPLICATION.
1. ANY CAT USED FOR BREEDING MUST BE REGISTERED IN THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS THAT OF THE PREFIX. THEREFORE, PLEASE CHECK NOW THE REGISTERED OWNERSHIP OF ANY CAT/S YOU MAY OWN, BY CAREFULLY CHECKING THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
2. APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING WHEN THE PREFIX HAS BEEN APPROVED. IF NAMES SUBMITTED BY YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO SELECT FURTHER NAMES FOR CONSIDERATION.
3. FOUR (4) NAMES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION FORM AND WHEN COMPLETED, RETURNED WITH THIS FORM TO THE ADDRESS SHOWN ABOVE, TOGETHER WITH THE REQUIRED FEE.
4. IF APPLYING FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL PREFIX, THEN THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE THE PREFIX IS APPLIED FOR.
5. DO NOT LEAVE ANY SPACES BETWEEN LETTERS – A PREFIX MUST CONSIST OF ONE WORD ONLY, OF 12 LETTERS OR LESS.
6. THE ASSOCIATION WILL NOT ACCEPT A PREFIX FOR REGISTRATION, WHICH IS THE SAME AS, OR SIMILAR TO, ANY PREFIX ALREADY REGISTERED.
7. EVERY BREEDER IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER A CATTERY PREFIX WITH A RECOGNISED GOVERNING BODY.
8. SELECT ALL NAMES CAREFULLY AS ONCE PREFIXES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND APPROVED, THEY WILL NOT BE CHANGED. HOLDERS OF PREFIXES WHO CHANGE THEIR NAMES BY MARRIAGE OR DEED POLL MUST
NOTIFY CATS QLD, HOWEVER THE PREFIX ITSELF CANNOT BE CHANGED.
9. A CATTERY NAME WILL NOT BE REGISTERED IN THE FORM OF A SUFFIX E.G., “QUEEN OF MAYBURY”.
THE CATTERY NAME MUST COME FIRST, E.G., “MAYBURY QUEEN”.
AS A GUIDE TO BREEDERS, LISTED ARE TYPES OF NAMES WHICH ARE
UNACCEPTABLE: -
a. CHRISTIAN NAMES E.G. JOHN/MARY
b. TOWN NAMES E.G. ROMA/ESK
c. JEWEL NAMES, E.G. RUBY/TOPAZ
d. FLOWER NAMES E.G. ROSE/VIOLET
e. COLOUR NAMES E.G. LILAC/SILVER.
10. ALL WORDS USED AS PREFIXES MUST BE REGISTERED.
11. NO BREEDER MAY APPLY A PREFIX TO A CAT’S NAME WITHOUT FIRST HAVING THE PREFIX REGISTERED.
12. NO BREEDER MAY KNOWINGLY USE THE PREFIX OF ANOTHER BREEDER EITHER AS A PREFIX OR IN THE COMMON NAME OF A CAT.
13. A REGISTERED PREFIX IS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
14. USE OF A PREFIX SHALL LAPSE ON THE DEATH OF THE HOLDER OR IF A BREEDER DECIDES TO CEASE BREEDING AND SHALL NOT BE USED AGAIN FOR TWENTY YEARS.