Dog Control Act 1976 (ACT)

No. 11 of 1976

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Dog Control Ordinance 1975.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government {Administration) Act 1910-1973.

Dated this ninth day of March, 1976.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

A. A. STALEY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory.

DOG CONTROL ORDINANCE 1976

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Dog Control Ordinance

1976.*

(2) The Dog Control Ordinance 1975f is in this Ordinance

referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3 ) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

be cited as the Dog Control Ordinance 1975-1976.

2. Section 9 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:—

t Ordinance No. 18, 1975.

" (2) Where a dog is sterile, an application for registration of the

dog shall be accompanied by—-

(a) in a case in which the dog has been sterilized by a regis­ tered veterinary surgeon—

(i)    a certificate of that veterinary surgeon given on the basis of that sterilization to the effect that the dog is sterile; or

(ii)   if the applicant is unable to obtain such a certifi­ cate, a statutory declaration made by the applicant stating that the dog is sterile and stating the reason why the applicant is unable to obtain such a certificate; and

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 19 March 1976.

(b) in any other case—a certificate of a registered veterinary surgeon to the effect that the dog is sterile.".

3. Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) the words " referred to in sub-section 9 (2) " and substituting the words " or statutory declaration, as the case may be, that would be required under sub-section 9 (2) if the dog were then being registered ".

4. Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the follow­

ing section substituted:—

" 14. For the purpose of sub-section 9 (3), a dog shall be deemed to be sterile if there has been produced to the Registrar a certificate or statutory declaration in respect of that dog in accordance with sub­ section 9 (2) or sub-section 13 (2).".