Companion Animals Amendment (Registration Fees) Regulation 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Companion Animals Amendment

(Registration Fees) Regulation 2015

under the

Companion Animals Act 1998

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Companion Animals Act 1998.

PAUL TOOLE, MP

Minister for Local Government

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide that the registration fee for a desexed animal is discounted by 50% if the ownership of the animal is transferred by a council (including a council pound), the Animal Welfare League NSW, The Cat Protection Society of NSW Inc. or the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New South Wales.

This Regulation is made under the Companion Animals Act 1998, including sections 71 (2) (c) and 96 (the general regulation-making power).

Companion Animals Amendment (Registration Fees) Regulation 2015 [NSW]

Companion Animals Amendment (Registration Fees) Regulation

2015

under the

Companion Animals Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Companion Animals Amendment (Registration Fees)
Regulation 2015.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Companion Animals Regulation 2008

(1) Clause 17 Registration fee

Insert after clause 17 (1) (d):

(e) for a desexed animal sold by an eligible pound or shelter operator (except an animal owned by an eligible pensioner at the time of registration)—50% of the fee referred to in paragraph (a) as adjusted under this clause.

(2)	Clause 17 (3)
Insert in alphabetical order:

eligible pound or shelter operator means a council (including a council pound), the Animal Welfare League NSW, The Cat Protection Society of NSW Inc. or RSPCA.