45. The Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 is amended by the substitution of—

(a) in section 9(5), in paragraph (c), “6 months” for “4 months”,

(b) in section 18(1), “the local authority” for “he or she”,

(c) in section 20(1), “authorised person” for “authorised officer”, and

(d) in section 21(2), the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) if the dog breeding establishment has been registered, require the operator of the dog breeding establishment to surrender the registration certificate to the local authority issuing the notice,”.