Schedule 05F - Regulations for Breed Assessments
KENNEL UNION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA REGULATIONS FOR BREED ASSESSMENTS (1999)
SCHEDULE 5F
The provision of Schedule 3 (Championship Shows) and/or Schedule 4 (Non-Championship Shows) of the Constitution of KUSA shall apply to Breed Assessments so far as they can be relevant to Breed Assessments and so far as they do not conflict with the specific terms of this Schedule 5F.
1. The Executive Committee shall have the power to issue or refuse a licence to enable a Club to hold a Breed Assessment.
2. Application by a Club wishing to hold the Breed Assessment shall be made on an official Kennel Union form, completed and signed in the manner described in Schedule 3 Regulation 2.1 and accompanied by the fee prescribed in terms of Schedule 7.
3. The Regulations applicable to the holding of Championship Shows set out in Schedule 3 shall apply as far as possible equally to the Breed Assessment. A Breed Assessment shall not be conducted at the same venue as any Show unless held on a different day. The use of firearms in temperament testing is permitted provided they are not fired while Show competition is actually in progress in the vicinity.
4. The Executive Committees approval of the Judge to be appointed for the Breed Assessment shall be obtained in the same manner as for a Judge at a Championship Show, and the conditions of Schedule 3 Reg. 34 shall apply. Such Judge shall, if permanently domiciled in the KUSA area of jurisdiction, be a member of the Kennel Union in good standing, both at the time of accepting an invitation and undertaking an appointment.
5. No prizes or awards shall be offered or given in connection with a Breed Assessment, nor shall any dog be placed in competitive order.
6. For the purpose of this Schedule a Breed Assessment shall include any activity, however described, in which a dog :
6.1 is physically examined in relation to the KUSA Standard for the breed to which such dog belongs and for which the prescribed assessment form is completed, and
6.2 is examined to determine the quality of character or temperament of such dog and on which examination a written report is prepared by the Judge or Assessor.
7. A copy of all written reports on Breed Assessments, which shall be in a form approved by the Federal Council, shall be sent to KUSA for filing with the dogs record or pedigree. Certified copies of the report shall be available to the registered owner of the dog on payment of the prescribed fee in terms of
Schedule 7.
8. Void.
9. A copy of the Regulations for each Test/Assessment listed below, of which acceptable documentation submitted has been accepted by the Federal Council and has been deposited with the Kennel Union of Southern Africa. The Regulations accepted are not contrary to the objects of the Kennel Union nor do they contravene any article of the Constitution Regulations or Bye-laws. No amendment or deletion may be made without the approval of the Federal Council in writing.
9.1.1 GSD Council Breed Assessment (1993)
9.1.2 GSD Council Breed Survey (1993)
9.1.3 Rottweiler Council Breed Survey (1993)
9.1.4 Rottweiler Council Breed Assessment (1993)
9.1.5 Aptitude Test (1997) & Dog Hereditary
9.1.6 Z.T.P. for Dobermanns (1995) (1995) Assessment (2001)
9.1.7 Boxer Breed Council Breed Survey (2006)
9.1.8 Boxer Breed Council Breed Assessment (2006)
9.1.9 Rottweiler Breed Council Assistant/General Helper (2009)
9.1.10 Boerboel Character & Breed Survey (2009)
9.1.11 – Regulations for Bullmastiff Character and Breed Assessments
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Fedco 12-2014/NP/Effective 02.04.2015
Most recent changes has an effective date of 02.04.2015