Dog Amendment Regulations 1995 (WA)

29 September 19951	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	4669
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DOG ACT 1976

DOG AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1995

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

and Deferment& Act 1992.

1.     These regulations may be cited as the Dog Amendment Regulations 1995.

Principal regulations

2.     In these regulations the Dog Regulations 1976* are referred to as the

principal regulations.

[* Published in Gazette of 24 December 1976 at p. 5092-97.	For amendments to 18 September 1995 see 1994 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 59.1

Regulation 4 amended

3. Regulation 4 (2) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "pensioners within the meaning of that term as defined under the National Health Act, 1953, of the Parliament of the Commonwealth." and substituting the following —

"

eligible pensioners as defined in the Rates and Charges (Rebates

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Regulation 5A inserted

4. After regulation 5 of the principal regulations the following regulation is

inserted —

Refunds of registration fees

5A. (1) Refunds are only available under this regulation in respect of registration years commencing on or after 1 November 1995.

(2) The owner of a dog that has been registered for 3 years who becomes a pensioner who is eligible for concessional registration under regulation 4 (2) —

(a) during the first of those 3 years, is entitled to a

refund of an amount equal to one third of the

registration fee paid for those 3 years; or

during the second of those 3 years, is entitled to a

(b) refund of an amount equal to one sixth of the

registration fee paid for those 3 years.

(3) If a dog that has been registered as an unsterilized dog is sterilized during a registration period, the owner is entitled to a refund for that registration period of an amount equal to —

(a)

between the registration fee paid for that year and if the dog is registered for 1 year, the difference

the registration fee which would have been payable
for a sterilized dog; or

(b)

if the dog is registered for 3 years and —

(i)	is sterilized in the first of those 3 years, the difference between the 3-year registration fee for an unsterilized dog and the 3-year registration fee for a sterilized dog;
(ii)	is sterilized in the second of those 3 years, the difference between the two-thirds of the 3-year registration fee for an unsterilized dog and two-thirds of the 3-year registration fee for a

sterilized dog; or

(iii)     difference between the one-third of the 3-year is sterilized in the third of those 3 years, the

registration fee for an unsterilized dog and one-third of the 3-year registration fee for a sterilized dog.

Second Schedule amended

5. The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is amended —

(a) by deleting the heading "FEES" and substituting the following —

PART 1 - FEES FOR REGISTRATION YEARS

COMMENCING BEFORE 1 NOVEMBER 1.995

and

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(b) by inserting after item 9 the following —

"

PART 2— FEES FOR REGISTRATION YEARS COMMENCING ON OR AFTER 1 NOVEMBER 1995

1 Inspection of register	$0.50
2 Certified copy of an entry in the register	$1.00
3 Annual registration, unsterilized dog or	$30.00

bitch, unless a concessional rate applies

4 Concessional registration rates —

a.	Sterilized dog or bitch, annual	$10.00
registration
b.	Guide dogs	Nil
c.	Dogs used for droving or tending	25% of fee
stock	otherwise payable
d.	Dogs owned by pensioners referred	50% of fee
to in regulation 4 (2)	otherwise payable
e.	Foxhounds, bona fide kept together	$ 4 0 . 0 0
in a kennelled pack of not less than	per pack
ten
f.	Registration after 31 May in any	50% of fee
year, for that registration year	otherwise payable
g.	Three year registration period —

Sterilized dog or bitch	$18.00
Unsterilized dog or bitch	$75.00

h.	Dogs kept in an approved kennel	$100 per
establishment licensed under	establish-
section 27 of the Act, where not	ment
otherwise registered
Dogs certified by the Director of the	$1.00

State Emergency Services as being

tracker dogs used for the purposes of the State Emergency Services in the specified registration year

By His Excellency's Command,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.