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DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 85

Power to serve infringement notice

    (1)     If an authorised officer of a class referred to in column one of the Table at the foot of this subsection has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence against a section of this Act set out in column 2 of the Table that corresponds to that class of authorised officer, he or she may serve an infringement notice on that person.

S. 85(1) (Table) amended by Nos 75/2011 s. 20, 43/2012 s. 3(Sch. item 12), 17/2016 s. 17(Sch.  1 item 19), 44/2017 s. 19, substituted by No. 69/2017 s. 91(1), amended by Nos 69/2017 ss 91(2), 107, 113, 42/2021 s. 61, 3/2022 s. 37.

Column 1

Class of authorised officer

Column 2


Sections of this Act

Departmental authorised officer

10(1), 10(2), 10(3), 12A, 12B, 12C, 20(1), 21, 22, 23(4), 24(1), 24(2), 25(1), 26(1), 26A(1), 27(1), 32(1), 32(4), 37(1C), 37(2), 37A, 38(1), 38(2), 41D(b), 41D(ba), 41D(bb)), 41D(c), 41E(2), 41F(1), 41F(2), 41G(1), 58R(1), 58U(1), 63A(1), 63AAE(1), 63AAE(2), 63D, 63F, 63G, 63H(1), 63H(2), 63I(1), 63J(1), 63J(1A), 84DB, 84DD(2), 96

Restricted authorised officer

12A, 12B, 12C, 63A(1), 63AAB(1), 63AAB(2), 63AAB(3), 63AAB(4), 63AAC(1), 63AAC(2), 63AAD(1), 63AAD(2), 63AAD(3), 63AAD(4), 63AAE(1), 63AAE(2), 63AE(1), 63D, 63F, 63G, 63H(1), 63H(2), 63I(1), 63J(1), 96

Council authorised officer

10(1), 10(2), 10(3), 12A, 12B, 12C, 13(1), 13(2), 20(1), 21, 22, 23(4), 24(1), 24(2), 25(1), 26(1), 26A(1), 27(1), 29(5), 29(7), 32(1), 32(4) 37(1C), 37(2), 37A, 38(1), 38(2), 39, 41D(b), 41D(ba), 41D(bb), 41D(c), 41E(2), 41F(1), 41F(2), 41G(1), 41H, 41I, 44B(1), 45A(1), 63A(1), 63AAB(1), 63AAB(2), 63AAB(3), 63AAB(4), 63AAC(1), 63AAC(2), 63AAD(1), 63AAD(2), 63AAD(3), 63AAD(4), 63AAE(1), 63AAE(2), 63AE(1), 63J(1), 63J(1A), 84DB, 84DD(2), 96

Council contracted authorised officer

10(1), 10(2), 10(3), 12A, 12B, 12C, 13(1), 20(1), 21, 22, 23(4), 24(1), 25(1), 26(1), 26A(1), 27(1), 29(5), 29(7), 32(1), 32(4), 38(1), 38(2), 39, 41E(2), 41G(1), 41H, 41I

Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority authorised officer

26(1), 26A(1)

    (2)     If an authorised officer has reason to believe
that a person has committed an offence against the regulations, which the officer has power to enforce under this Act, and the offence is prescribed in the regulations for the purposes of this Part, the officer may serve an infringement notice on that person.

    (3)     An offence referred to in subsection (1) or (2) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006 .

S. 86 substituted by No. 87/2000 s. 36, repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 11(2)).

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S. 87 amended by No. 103/2003 s. 21, repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 11(2)).

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S. 88 amended by Nos 65/2007 s. 32, 55/2011 s. 20, 75/2011 s. 21, 17/2016 s. 17(Sch.  1 item 20).



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