Companion Animals Amendment (Breed Certificates) Regulation 2006 (NSW)

2006 No 201

New South Wales

Companion Animals Amendment

(Breed Certificates) Regulation 2006

under the

Companion Animals Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Companion Animals Act 1998.

KERRY HICKEY, M.P.,

Minister for Local Government

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to provide that a breed identification certificate, or a breed registration certificate, issued by the Canine Council in relation to a dog can be used by the owner of the dog to indicate its breed for the purposes of preventing the dog’s declaration as a restricted dog by a local council, and
(b)	to provide that an offence under section 58B (1) of the Companion Animals Act 1998 (which relates to the obligations of a dog owner when notified of a proposed restricted dog declaration by a local council) may be dealt with by way of penalty notice.

This Regulation is made under the Companion Animals Act 1998, including sections 58C (3),

92 and 96 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 55 of 21 April 2006, page 2338	Page 1
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Clause 1	Companion Animals Amendment (Breed Certificates) Regulation 2006

Companion Animals Amendment (Breed Certificates)

Regulation 2006

under the

Companion Animals Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Companion Animals Amendment (Breed
Certificates) Regulation 2006.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 28 April 2006.

3 Amendment of Companion Animals Regulation 1999

The Companion Animals Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

2006 No 201

Companion Animals Amendment (Breed Certificates) Regulation 2006

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]      Clause 31

Insert after clause 30:

31 Breed identification or registration certificates issued by Canine Council

Any breed identification certificate or breed registration certificate issued by the Royal NSW Canine Council Ltd (whether before or after the commencement of this clause) in relation to a dog is prescribed for the purposes of section 58C (3) of the Act, but only if the certificate contains the unique identification number allocated to the microchip that has been implanted in the dog in connection with its identification under this Regulation.

[2]      Schedule 1 Penalty notice offences

Insert after the matter relating to section 57C:

Section 58B (1) $1,320

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