CHANGE TO KITTEN REGISTRATIONS EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 2022

1. ALL kittens must be individually registered and microchipped.
2. New owner's details should be provided.When available this must be done at the time of the litter registration.
3. Any kitten registered as an entire must only be kept by the breeder or transferred to a breeder registered with an affiliate of ACF, CCCA or ANCATS or to an acceptable international body. The membership number of the new owner and their source number (if applicable) must be provided at the time of registration.  All other kittens, not sold entire, will be registered as Desexed and a Pet Only pedigree will be issued, unless they are being shown then a full Desexed pedigree will be issued.
4. Breeders must provide their Source Number on all Litter Registration Forms.
5. The Source Number will be included on all Litter Registration paperwork from 1^st July 2022.

In accordance with ACF policy GCCFV will now accept verifiable pedigrees from AICC or it's registered breeders.


REGISTRATION OF CATS:

GENERAL

GCCFV will provide a registration service to maintain the validity of pedigrees and for the security of breeders and owners.  All cats and kittens over five months old, including Companion Cats, must be individually registered with GCCFV.   The owner of any cat to be registered must be  a financial Member of GCCFV.   Junior members may register desexed cats; Junior members may register entire cats or kittens only in partnership with a Member.   Associated Members may only register cats in partnership with a Member.  In this case, the Associate Member must also be a member of a controlling body affiliated with ACF.   Where a certified pedigree is lost or misplaced, and cannot be submitted, a statutory declaration must be supplied, and the relevant fee paid before a replacement can be issued.  Queens must be registered with or transferred to GCCFV prior to the birth of any kittens.    Applications for transfer of cats over 12 months of age from other registration bodies including interstate or overseas must be lodged wit the secretary within 60 days of transfer from originating body.  Transfers after this period will incur additional fee of $25.

FEES:
Refer to the price list tab under Members.

INDIVIDUAL CAT REGISTRATION - FULL REGISTER

Once a cat has been registered with GCCFV, that registered name cannot be changed or altered in any way except by the addition of any titles granted.      Cats with a minimum of four generations (including the cat itself) of registered pedigree cats of the same bred or acceptable inter-mating group in their pedigree, may be recorded on the full register.   All cats in the pedigree must be of a breed recognised by GCCFV.  Owners wishing to individually register a cat for the first time must submit the application form to GCCFV with the appropriate fee.  This form must be signed by the breeder.   All details requested on the registration form must be supplied.     Names of cats, including the breeder's prefix, must not exceed 30 characters, including spaces.   GCCFV will forwad a Cat Registration and ownership Certificate to the new owner.    Application for individual registration of cats over the age of twelve months, not previously registered elsewhere will incur a surcharge.

COMPANION CAT REGISTER

Cats not registered on a full register or supplementary register may be registered as Companion Cats.
Companion Cat registrations must reflect the name and breed of any known parents.
Companion Cats must be de-sexed by 5 months of age.
Companion Cats are to be classified as Longhair or Shorthair.

PET REGISTRATIONS - NON MEMBERS

Cats sold to Non GCCFV members will be issued with a Pet Only Pedigree.
The cat will be registered as desexed
The pedigree is watermarked "Pet Only"

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP

To record transfer of ownership, the Cat Registration and ownership Certificate, with all details on the Transfer of Ownership section completed and signed, must be sent to GCCFV with the registration fee.   GCCFV will record the transfer of ownership and issue a certificate to the new owner.   Transfers of registrations of entire cats from other controlling bodies must be accompanied by a registration certifcate and pedigree certified by the controlling body with which the cat is registered.

LEASE REGISTRATION - The procedure to register a lease of a cat is:

A copy of the lease is to be lodged with GCCFV with the required fee.   If the leased cat is a female, progeny born during the period of the lease is to bear the prefix of the lessee.   Challenges, championships, etc, won during the terms of the lease are deemed to be the property of the lessor and must be returned with the cat on the expiration of the lease.   Prize cards, ribbons and trophies, etc, won during the tem of the lease are to remain the property of the lessee.   Leasing fees, other money and conditions are a matter of negotiation between the lessor and lessee.   Prize cards and other awards with show exhibitors name.   Termination or expiration of the lease is to be notified to GCCFV with 14 days.   A person leasing a cat or kitten from a judge may not enter said cat of kitten in any class in which that judge is officiating during the first three months of the lease.
 

PREFIX REGISTRATION

Fee - $50.00 (Prefix for Life)
Members of GCCFV may create their own prefix (cattery name) and submit it to GCCFV for approval.   Such prefix must not be used until it is approved.    For registration of a prefix, the application form must be completed in full, with no less than six choices of names listed in order of preference, and forwarded to GCCFV with the required fee.   The prefix must be original and contain no more than ten characters, with no hyphens or apostrophes.  In the case of joint ownership of a queen, a breeding prefix may be granted to the partnership providing all parties are financial members of GCCFV.  It must not look like, nor sound like, any prefix registered on the Central Prefix Register.   Once a prefix has been registered, it remains in force during the lifetime of the owner.    A prefix belonging to a person who is now deceased may be re-activated by a family member on application and payment of the prefix registration fee.   The names of all cats bred by the prefix holder and registered with GCCFV or any other controlling body, will incude the breeding prefix, eg:
Approved prefix    IMPERTA
Cat's Name             SKY HIGH
Full Name of Cat    IMPERTA SKY HIGH
No other prefix may be incorporated in the cat's name .   A new Member with a prefix registered with another controlling body, may apply to register that prefix with GCCFV.   Proof of such registration must accompany the application.  Prefix registration fees apply.    Cats registered for the use in a breeding program on the Supplementary Register may be registered without a prefix.  Subsequent generations must have a breeder's prefix.   Cats registered on the Companion Cat Register must not have a breeder's prefix.   Junior members may only register a Prefix in partnership with a Member.   Associate members may only register a Prefix in partnership with a member.   In this case, the Associate member must also be a member of a controlling body affiliated with ACF.

STUD SERVICE AND LITTER REGISTRATION

GCCFV requires the registration of litters of kittens to verify the details of subsequent individual registrations.    GCCFV requires all litters born to be litter registered where 1 (one) or more kittens survive.   Litter registration numbers may be used by the breeder of the litter for the purpose of show entries to the age of five months.   Kittens must be individually registered by the age of five months.   The stud service section of the Combined Stud Service & Litter Registration Form must be completed by the owner of the stud.   The remaining details must be completed by the owner of the queen and forwarded to GCCFV with the required fee and an official pedigree of the sire if it is not registered with GCCFV.   Stud Service is a contract between the owners of the stud and the queen.  Upon registration, GCCFV will issue a Litter Registration Certificate to the breeder.   Applications for registration of litters over the age of 6 months will incur a surcharge.   Litters will not be registered after the age of 12 months.
 

SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER (S.R)

Registration of a breeding progam is essential before any person may register a cat on this register, unless the owner has signed an agreement with the breeder of the cat in question to continue breeding with the cat under the objectives and conditions of the original S.R. program and under the supervision of the original breeder.    A Supplementary Register program may be approved on submission for the following reasons:

1. a recognised breed needs to increase is gene pool
2. to introduce a "new"colour with a recognised breed
3. to create a new breed