Victorian Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 13

    (1)     If the proprietor of a domestic animal business sells, or gives away, a dog or cat which is not registered, he or she must notify the Council with which the animal should be registered of—

        (a)     the sale, or the giving away of the animal; and

        (b)     a description of the animal; and

        (c)     the name and address of the new owner of the animal; and

        (d)     the unique number of the microchip contained in the prescribed permanent identification device implanted in the animal.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

S. 13(2) inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 11(3).

    (2)     If a registered foster carer sells, or gives away, a dog or cat which is not registered, the foster carer must notify the Council with which the animal should be registered of—

        (a)     the sale, or the giving away of the animal; and

        (b)     a description of the animal; and

        (c)     the name and address of the new owner of the animal; and

        (d)     the unique number of the microchip contained in the prescribed permanent identification device implanted in the animal.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

S. 13(3) inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 11(3).

    (3)     A notification under this section must be made within 7 days after the sale or giving away of the animal.

Division 2—Procedures for registration