Companion Animals Act 1998 Proclamation re commencement (1998-488) [GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6528] (NSW)

1998 No 488

New South Wales

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 NO 87—PROCLAMATION

(L.S.) JAMES JACOB SPIGELMAN, Lieutenant-Governor.

I, the Honourable James Jacob Spigelman, Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Companion Animals Act 1998, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 September 1998 as the day on which that Act commences, except for the following provisions:

(a)	Parts 2 and 8,
(b)	sections 29, 30 (3) and (4), 32, 64 (4) and 84 (1) (a),
(c)	section 99 (1) to the extent that it would repeal Parts 1 and 5, and sections 5 and 21-27, of the Dog Act 1966,
(d)	section 99 (1) to the extent that it would repeal the Dog Regulation

1997,

(e)	Part 2 of Schedule 3.
(f)	Schedule 4.1 [l] .

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 26th day of August 1998.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ERNIE PAGE, M.P.,
Minister for Local Government

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence most of the Companions Animals Act
1998 with the exception of the provisions relating to compulsory identification and

registration of companion animals and the procedures for identification and registration.

Published in Gazette No 126 of 28 August 1998, page 6528