Dog Amendment Regulations 1997 (WA)

4682	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	[15 August 1997
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1. These regulations may be cited as the Dog Amendment Regulations 1997.

DOG ACT 1976

DOG AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1997

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

15 August 19971 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4683

Principal regulations

2. In these reu1ations the Dog Regulations 1976* are referred to as the

principal regulations.

5092-7.

[* Published in Gazette 24 December 1976, pp. For amendments to 22 July 1997 see 1996 Index to Legislation of

Western Australia, Table 4, p. 62.1

Regulation 4A amended

3. Regulation 4A of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after

"section 33M" the following -

of the Act ".

Regulation 1OA amended

4.      Regulation 10A of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after

"and 32 (2) (c)" the following -

of the Act ".

Regulation 1013 amended

5. Regulation lOB (1) of the principal regulations is amended -

(a) by inserting after "section 33F (5)" the following -

of the Act "; and

(b) substituting the following - by deleting paragraph (a), and "and" after that paragraph, and

(a) the dangerous dog wears a distinctive collar

conforming to that provided for in Part 2 of the Third

Schedule, as -

(i)	the local government;
(ii)	an authorized person acting on behalf of the

local government; or

(iii)    a person specifically authorized by the local

government to make a declaration under

section 33E of the Act,

may require, to warn people that the dangerous dog

is dangerous;

and

Regulation 12A amended

6.      Regulation 12A of the principal regulations is amended by inserting after

"section 29", in the 2 places where it occurs, the following -

of the Act ".

Regulation 13 amended

deleting "realtion" and substituting the following -	7. (1) Regulation 13 (1) of the principal regulations is amended by
" relation ".

4684 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA [15 August 1997

the portion of the regulation from and including "and the local government (2) Regulation 13 (5) of the principal regulations is amended by deleting

may thereupon —" to the end of the subregulation and substituting the

following —

"

and then —

(a)	the local government may appropriate that amount in satisfaction of the penalty and issue an acknowledgement; or
(b)	the local government, or an authorized person acting on behalf of the local government, may withdraw the amount so paid. infringement notice under subregulation (6) and refund the

"

(3) Regulation 13 (6) of the principal regulations is amended by

inserting after "the local government" the following —

or an authorized person acting on behalf of the local government, ".

(4) After regulation 13 (6) of the principal regulations the following

subregulation is inserted —

"

Act to exercise the power of an authorized person to serve infringement (7) A person appointed under subsection (1) of section 29 of the

that subsection to exercise the power of an authorized person to	notices under subregulation (2) is not eligible to be appointed under
withdraw infringement notices under subregulation (6).

By Command of the Governor,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.