Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 98A(1) amended by No. 69/2017 s. 95(1).
(1) If a Council authorised officer is of the opinion that a dog is a restricted breed dog, the authorised officer may make a declaration to the effect that the dog is a restricted breed dog.
S. 98A(2) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 26, repealed by No. 69/2017 s. 95(2).
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S. 98A(3) inserted by No. 69/2004 s. 34.
(3) A declaration under this section—
(a) has effect throughout Victoria; and
(b) cannot be revoked, amended or otherwise altered.
S. 98A(4) inserted by No. 8/2014 s. 29.
(4) If a declaration is made under subsection (1) to the effect that a dog is a restricted breed dog, then for the purposes of any proceedings under this Act, including a proceeding in the Tribunal, it is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the dog is a restricted breed dog if at the time of the making of the declaration—
(a) the authorised officer who made the declaration had completed a course of training for the purposes of making declarations under this section that had been approved by the Minister; and
(b) the Minister's approval of the course of training had been published in the Government Gazette.
S. 98B inserted by No. 83/2001 s. 23.