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DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 10A

Council may refuse to register dogs and cats unless desexed

    (1)     A Council may resolve that it will not, after a specified future date, register or renew the registration of a dog or cat unless the dog or cat—

        (a)     is desexed; or

        (b)     is exempted under this Act from any requirement to be desexed.

    (2)     A Council may resolve to amend or revoke any resolution made under this section.

    (3)     If a Council makes a resolution under this section—

        (a)     it must cause a copy of the resolution to be published in the Government Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the municipal district of the Council; and

        (b)     it must give effect to the resolution.

    (4)     A Council must not register or renew the registration of a dangerous dog or a restricted breed dog unless the dog—

        (a)     is desexed; or

S. 10A(4)(b) substituted by No. 65/2007 s. 7, amended by No. 44/2010 s. 31.

        (b)     in the case of a dangerous dog that is not also a restricted breed dog, is exempt under section 10B(1)(c), 10B(1)(d) or 10B(1)(e) from the requirement to be desexed; or

S. 10A(4)(c) inserted by No. 65/2007 s. 7.

        (c)     in the case of a restricted breed dog, is exempt under section 10B(1)(e) from the requirement to be desexed.

S. 10B inserted by No. 76/2005 s. 5.



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