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Domestic Animals Amendment Bill 2015

      Domestic Animals Amendment Act 2015
                           No.       of 2015


                  TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause                                         Page
  1 Purpose                                       1
  2 Commencement                                  1
  3 Further power to destroy dogs                 2
  4 Repeal of amending Act                        2
                     
Endnotes                                          3
 1   General information                         3




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   Domestic Animals Amendment Act
                2015 
                    No.           of 2015

                           [Assented to                          ]


The Parliament of Victoria enacts:


     1 Purpose
             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.
     2 Commencement
             This Act comes into operation on the day after the
             day on which it receives the Royal Assent.




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3 Further 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.".
4 Repeal 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         This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its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


                                    Endnotes
1 General information
  See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
  authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
  
     Minister's second reading speech--
     Legislative Assembly:
     Legislative Council:
     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."




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