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CAT ACT 2011
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
Preamble
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
4. Term used: owner
PART 2 -- Registration, identification and sterilisation of cats
Division 1 -- Registration and tagging
Subdivision 1 -- Cats must be registered and tagged
5. Cats to be registered
6. Cats to wear tags
7. Interference with tag
Subdivision 2 -- How to register a cat
8. Application for registration
9. Registration
10. Cancellation of registration
11. Registration numbers, certificates and tags
12. Register of cats
13. Notice to be given of certain decisions made under this Subdivision
Division 2 -- Microchipping
14. Cats to be microchipped
15. Microchip implanter to give information to microchip database company
16. Microchip database company’s obligations
17. Interference with microchips
Division 3 -- Sterilisation
18. Cats to be sterilised
19. Identifying as sterilised a cat that is not sterilised
20. Notice of sterilisation to be given to microchip database company
21. Certificate of sterilisation to be given
Division 4 -- Transfer of ownership of cats
22. Terms used
23. Transfer of ownership of cats
24. Notice to be given of transfer of cat
Division 5 -- Changes to recorded information
25. Notice to be given of changes to recorded information
PART 3 -- Management of cats
Division 1 -- Cat control notices
26. Cat control notice may be given to cat owner
Division 2 -- Seizing cats
27. Cats may be seized
28. Disposing of seized cats
Division 3 -- Dealing with cats at cat management facilities
29. Application of Division
30. Obligation to identify a cat’s owner
31. Cat owner liable to pay costs to cat management facility
32. Notice to be given to cat’s owner, if identified
33. Operator of cat management facility may have cat microchipped and sterilised
34. Dealing with unidentified and unclaimed cats
Division 4 -- Breeding of cats
Subdivision 1 -- Restrictions on breeding cats
35. Only approved cat breeders may breed cats
Subdivision 2 -- Becoming an approved cat breeder
36. Application for approval to breed cats
37. Approval to breed cats
38. Cancellation of approval to breed cats
39. Certificate to be given to approved cat breeder
40. Notice to be given of certain decisions made under this Subdivision
Division 5 -- Miscellaneous
41. Cats not to be offered as prizes
PART 4 -- Administration and enforcement
Division 1 -- Administration
42. Administration by local governments
43. Places to be regarded as within district
Division 2 -- Delegations
44. Delegation by local government
45. Delegation by CEO of local government
46. Other matters relevant to delegations under this Division
47. Register of, and review of, delegations
Division 3 -- Authorised persons
Subdivision 2 -- Particular powers of authorised persons
49. Authorised person may cause a cat to be destroyed
50. Persons found committing breach of Act to give name on demand
51. Power to enter premises
52. General powers of authorised person
53. Act does not derogate from powers of police officers
54. Obstruction
Subdivision 3 -- Warrants
55. Grounds for a search warrant
56. Grounds for a warrant to seize cat
57. Application for warrant
58. Form of warrant
59. Effect of warrant
60. Execution of warrant
Division 4 -- Infringement notices
61. Terms used
62. Giving an infringement notice
63. Content of infringement notice
64. Extension of time
65. Withdrawal of notice
66. Benefit of paying modified penalty
67. Application of penalties collected
Division 5 -- Objections and review
68. When this Division applies
69. Objection may be lodged
70. Dealing with objection
71. Review of decisions
72. Suspension of effect of some decisions
Division 6 -- Legal proceedings
73. Prosecutions
74. Additional court orders
75. Evidentiary matters
PART 5 -- Subsidiary legislation
Division 1 -- Regulations
76. General regulations
77. Regulations that operate as local laws
78. Provisions about regulations
Division 2 -- Local laws
79. Local laws
80. Places outside district
81. Inconsistency with written laws
82. Local laws may adopt codes etc.
83. Model local laws
84. Creating offences and prescribing penalties
PART 6 -- Miscellaneous
85. False or misleading information
86. Review of Act
PART 7 -- Transitional provisions
87. Transitional provision for Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 2019
88. Transitional provision for the Dog Amendment (Stop Puppy Farming) Act 2021
Uncommenced provisions table
Defined terms
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