Dog Act Amendment Act 1977 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

DOG.

No. 57 of 1977.

AN ACT to amend section seven, section fifteen and

section eighteen of the Dog Act, 1976.

[Assented to 23rd November, 1977.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Dog Act and citation.

Amendment Act, 1977.

Act No. 58

(2) In this Act the Dog Act, 1976, is referred to of 1976.

as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Dog Act, 1976-1977.

No. 57.] Dog. [1977.

Section 7

amended. 2. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended

(a)	by deleting the word "or" in line four of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subsection (3);
(b)	by deleting the passage "hound." in line five of paragraph (d) of subsection (3) and substituting the passage "hound; or"; and
(c)	by adding a further paragraph to stand as paragraph (e) of subsection (3) as follows

(e) a dog kept in an approved kennel establishment licensed under section 27, where the person by whom that licence is held has paid the prescribed concessional fee applicable to the registration of dogs in that establishment in lieu of a separate registration fee in respect of each such dog. .

Section.15

amended. 3. Section 15 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (3) and re-enacting it with amendments as follows

(3) Regulations may provide that concessional

rates of registration fee shall be payable

(a)	by persons of a specified class or in specified circumstances;
(b)	by persons who elect to effect registration for such extended period as is prescribed;
(c)	in respect of registration for a period of less than one year;
(d)	in respect of a sterilised dog; and
(e)	in respect of dogs to which the provisions of paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section 7 apply, or which are otherwise kept in prescribed circumstances. .

1977.] Dog. [No. 57.

Section 18

4. Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by amended.

inserting in subsection (2) immediately following

paragraph (b) a new paragraph as follows-

(ba) a dog exempted from separate registration pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section 7; .