Dog Control Act 2000 (TAS)

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Dog Control Act 2000

An Act to provide for the control and management of dogs

[Royal Assent 20 December 2000]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Dog Control Act 2000. 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3InterpretationIn this Act –[Section 3 Amended by No. 72 of 2009, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2010] [Section 3 Amended by No. 72 of 2009, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2010] animal means any live vertebrate animal other than a human being; appropriate fee, in relation to a fee, means a fee determined by the council under section 80; approved means approved by the Director; at large means at large as referred to in section 5; attack includes bite, menace or harass; authorised person means – (a) a police officer; or (b) a general manager; or (c) a person appointed by a general manager to be an authorised person; or (d) [Section 3 Amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] a person who is a ranger under the Nature Conservation Act 2002; or (da) [Section 3 Amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] a person who is a ranger under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002; or (e) a person appointed as a bailiff of Crown lands under the Crown Lands Act 1976; built-up area means an area in which – (a) there are buildings on land next to the road; and (b) there is street lighting at intervals not over 100 metres for a distance of at least 500 metres or, if the road is shorter than 500 metres, for the whole road; collar means a collar of leather or other durable material; complaint means a complaint referred to in section 47; dangerous dog means a dog declared to be dangerous under section 29 or 30; declared area means an area declared under Division 2 of Part 3; [Section 3 Amended by No. 72 of 2009, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2010] de-sex means to render permanently incapable of reproduction; Director means the Director of Local Government; dog means an animal of the species Canis familiaris or Canis familiaris dingo; [Section 3 Amended by No. 55 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:20 Dec 2017] [Section 3 Amended by No. 55 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:20 Dec 2017] effective control means – (a) in the case of a dog that is not a greyhound, dangerous dog or restricted breed dog, effective control as referred to in section 4; and (b) in the case of a greyhound, effective control as referred to in section 18; and (c) in the case of a dangerous dog or restricted breed dog, effective control as referred to in section 32; exercise area means an area declared under…

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