Dog Control (Amendment) Act 1984 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Dog Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1984

No. 48 of 1984

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

Dated 16 August 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

TOM UREN

Minister of State for Territories and
Local Government

An Ordinance to amend the Dog Control Ordinance 1975

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Dog Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1984.¹

Principal Ordinance

2.  In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Dog Control Ordinance 1975.²

Interpretation

3.  Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following definition:

" 'unemployed person' means a person to whom there is being paid an unemployment benefit under the Social Security Act 1947.".

Application for registration of dog

4.  Section 9 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (d) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(d)except in the case of—

(i)an application by a pensioner or an unemployed person; or

(ii)an application for the registration of a dog that is a guide dog,

be accompanied by the prescribed fee for the registration of the dog.".

Renewal of registration

5.  Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

"(3)  No fee is payable in respect of the renewal of the registration of a dog—

(a)the owner of which is a pensioner or an unemployed person; or

(b)that is a guide dog.".

Repeal of section 14

6.  Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 August 1984.

2. No. 18, 1975 as amended by No. 11, 1976; No. 42, 1977; No. 36, 1981; No. 65, 1982; No. 23, 1983.