Victorian Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 84T

    (1)     Despite anything to the contrary in this Part, the Council must destroy a dog seized under section 80 within 8 days after the seizure if—

        (a)     the owner of the dog is unable to be identified from a marker attached to, or a device implanted in, the dog's body or information received by the Council that is sufficient to enable identification of the owner; and

        (b)     the authorised officer reasonably believes that the dog is a restricted breed dog.

S. 84T(2) inserted by No. 8/2014 s. 24.

    (2)     A Council must notify the Secretary of the following information after destroying a dog under subsection (1)—

        (a)     the municipal district in which the dog was seized;

        (b)     the date on which the dog was seized;

        (c)     the date on which the dog was destroyed;

        (d)     the sex and reproductive status of the dog;

        (e)     the age, breed and colour of the dog;

        (f)     the Council reference number for the dog.

S. 84T(3) inserted by No. 8/2014 s. 24.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (2) must be given by the Council—

        (a)     if the Minister specifies a period of time for the purposes of this subsection, within that period after the date on which the dog was destroyed;

        (b)     in any other case, within 28 days after the date on which the dog was destroyed.

S. 84TA inserted by No. 44/2010 s. 23.