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Domestic Animals Amendment Act 2015

No. 13 of 2015

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Further power to destroy dogs

4Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Domestic Animals Amendment Act 2015

No. 13 of 2015

[Assented to 12 May 2015]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The main purpose of this Act is to amend the Domestic Animals Act 1994 to provide for a moratorium on the destruction of restricted breed dogs in certain circumstances.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Further power to destroy dogs

(1)In section 84P of the Domestic Animals Act 1994, for "The Council" substitute "Subject to subsection (2), the Council".

(2)At the end of section 84P of the Domestic Animals Act 1994 insert—

"(2)The Council must not, during the moratorium period, exercise its power to destroy a dog—

(a)under subsection (1)(a) if that dog is a restricted breed dog; or

(b)under subsection (1)(b).

(3)Subsection (2) does not affect the operation of any other provision of this Act relating to restricted breed dogs.

(4)In this section, moratorium period means the period beginning on the day on which section 3 of the Domestic Animals Amendment Act 2015 comes into operation and ending on 30 September 2016.".

4Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 18 March 2015

Legislative Council: 16 April 2015

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Domestic Animals Act 1994 to provide for a moratorium on the destruction of restricted breed dogs in certain circumstances and for other purposes."