An Act to amend the Companion Animals Act 1998 in relation to dangerous dogs and to make further provision with respect to the control, registration and identification of companion animals; and for other purposes.
This Act is the Companion Animals Amendment Act 2001.
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
The Companion Animals Act 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
(Section 3)
Omit the definition of
Insert in alphabetical order:
Omit the second sentence of the note following section 7 (2).
Omit the subsection.
Insert after section 10:
The owner of an unregistered companion animal that is required to be registered is guilty of an offence on each occasion the animal is in a place other than where it is ordinarily kept.
Maximum penalty:
(a) 2 penalty units except in the case of a dangerous or restricted dog, or
(b) 5 penalty units in the case of a dangerous or restricted dog.
If a companion animal that is required to be registered is not registered, the council of the area in which the animal is ordinarily kept may give the owner of the animal a notice, in the form approved by the Director-General, requiring the owner to register the animal within 28 days after the date the notice is given.
The owner of the companion animal must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty:
(a) 2 penalty units except in the case of a dangerous or restricted dog, or
(b) 5 penalty units in the case of a dangerous or restricted dog.
A notice under this section may be given on more than one occasion to the owner of an unregistered companion animal that is required to be registered (but only after an interval of at least 6 months since the last such notice was given).
Omit “a registered companion animal” from section 11 (1).
Inset instead “an identified companion animal (whether or not it is registered)”.
Omit “
Omit section 13 (2). Insert instead:
If this section is contravened:
(a) the owner of the dog, or
(b) if the owner is not present at the time of the offence and another person who is of or above the age of 16 years is in charge of the dog at that time—that…