GCCF Registration Policy For Siamese Cats

Agreed 29 October 2003/effective 1 June 2004

1. FULL REGISTER
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (24, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24k, 24n, 24r, 32 1 - 32 10, 32t1 - 32t4, 32t7 - 32t9, 32a, 32b1 - 32b4, 32b7-32b9, 32c, 32fn) shall be registered on the FULL REGISTER.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental Lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r), Oriental Spotted Tabby (38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers), Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER.
3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Siamese with Preliminary recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental Lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r), Oriental Spotted Tabby (38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers),
Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER
All cats of Siamese appearance (i.e. Siamese type with blue eyes and colour restricted to the points) which have in their pedigrees within five generations any breeds other than the above shall be registered on the REFERENCE REGISTER.
This ruling shall take effect from 20th October 1993 and shall not be retrospective. From 20th October 1993 any cat born from parents of any breed not included in group 2 shall be registered on the Reference Register, and so shall their suitable offspring for the required number of generations. In the case of breeds of different type or coat quality the number of generations shall be increased to twelve when practicable.
Should any further colours of Siamese be developed as a breed (e.g. Smoke Point, Silver Tabby Point etc.) the appropriate cats may be registered on the Siamese EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER at the request of the Siamese Cat Joint Advisory Committee. Those cats already registered on the Reference Register shall then be treated as if they were registered on the Experimental Register.
NOTE: All Red Point, Cream Point or Apricot Point Siamese with one or more Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby parents must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Tabby Points until proved otherwise. In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby within five generations may be registered as a Red, Cream or Apricot Point unless either
a. the cat has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
b. there is a non-red, non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby, or
c. a Red, Cream or Apricot Point in the line descended from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti.

For further information please contact the Secretary of the Siamese Cat Joint Advisory Committee

GCCF, 5 King’s Castle Business Park, The Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4AG Tel: 01278 427575
email: info@gccfcats.org