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COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 6 January 2012 - Act 87 of 1998

Note to Part 7

This Part generally applies in relation to companion animals that are seized under the authority of this Act or that otherwise end up at council pounds. The requirements and procedures of this Part are not intended to apply to lost or injured animals that are taken by members of the public to animal welfare organisations (such as the RSPCA) or to a vet merely so that they can be treated or reunited with their owners. The Part also does not apply to animals that are surrendered to animal welfare organisations (unless the organisation also operates as a council pound).
If companion animals (other than those seized under the authority of this Act) end up at a council pound (eg by being surrendered or abandoned), they may be dealt with by the pound operator under this Part.

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   30 October 2001  
Reprint No 2   21 February 2006  
Reprint No 3   30 September 2008  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Companion Animals Act 1998 No 87. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement (except Parts 2 and 8, secs 29, 30 (3) and (4), 32, 64 (4) and 84 (1) (a), sec 99 (1) to the extent that it would repeal Parts 1 and 5, and secs 5 and 21-27, of the Dog Act 1966, sec 99 (1) to the extent that it would repeal the Dog Regulation 1997, Part 2 of Sch 3 and Sch 4.1 [1]), 1.9.1998, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 28.8.1998, p 6528; date of commencement of the remainder, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4073. This Act has been amended as follows:

1998 No 120 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 158 Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998.
Sch 2.9 was not commenced and was repealed by the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Children’s Services) Act 2010 No 67.
1999 No 31 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.
The amendment made by Sch 2.5 was without effect.
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.6, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000 No 111 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 20.12.2000.
Date of commencement, 22.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 19.1.2001, p 130.
2001 No 23 Companion Animals Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.6.2001.
Date of commencement, 1.10.2001, sec 2 and GG No 134 of 31.8.2001, p 7491.
No 112 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 38 Greyhound Racing Act 2002. Assented to 25.6.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, 10.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 39 of 7.2.2003, p 762.
2003 No 13 Australian Crime Commission (New South Wales) Act 2003. Assented to 30.6.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 82 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 87 Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064. The amendment made by Sch 3.4 [2] (to the extent that it amended secs 51 (1) (f) and 56 (1) (e)) was without effect as the provisions being amended were repealed by the Companion Animals Amendment Act 2005.
2005 No 101 Companion Animals Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 28.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except Sch 1 [79] (to the extent that it inserts sec 56 (1) (a)) [86] [87] (to the extent that it inserts sec 57D) and [88]), 13.1.2006, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 13.1.2006, p 73; date of commencement of Sch 1 [79] (to the extent that it inserts sec 56 (1) (a)) [86] [87] (to the extent that it inserts sec 57D) and [88], 28.4.2006, sec 2 and GG No 55 of 21.4.2006, p 2334.
2006 No 58 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 101 Companion Animals Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 27.11.2006.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 183 of 15.12.2006, p 10748.
No 120 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007 No 27 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.7, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 3, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2010 No 1 Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 18.3.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 33 Companion Animals Amendment (Outdoor Dining Areas) Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 67 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Children’s Services) Act 2010. Assented to 15.9.2010.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (694) LW 16.12.2010.
2011 No 62 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
No 70 Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2011.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (689) LW 23.12.2011.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Rep 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 3A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [1]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.4 [1]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [2]-[7]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [2]-[4]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.4.
Sec 6A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [5] [6].
Sec 6B Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 7 Am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.5 [1] [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.6; 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 8 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [10] [11].
Sec 9 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 10 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 10A Ins 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 10B Ins 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [15] [16].
Sec 11 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [6]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [17]-[19].
Sec 11A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [20].
Part 3, heading Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 12 Am 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [2] [3]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [21]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 12A Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 13 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [22]-[25]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [10]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 14 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.4 [2]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [26]-[29]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [11]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [4]; 2010 No 67, Sch 2.3; 2011 No 70, Sch 2.9.
Sec 14A Ins 2010 No 33, Sch 1.
Sec 15 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [12]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [30] [31].
Sec 16 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [32] [33]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [5].
Sec 17 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [15]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [34]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [6].
Sec 18 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [16]. Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 19 Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [36].
Sec 20 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [17]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [37].
Sec 21 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [38]-[40].
Sec 21A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [41].
Sec 22 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [42].
Sec 23 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.6; 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [43]-[45]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 24 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [46].
Sec 25 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [47]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [13]; 2010 No 1, Sch 2.1 [5].
Sec 28 Am 2000 No 111, Sch 2.1.
Part 4, heading Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 29 Am 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [4]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [48] [49].
Sec 30 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [21] [22]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [50]-[53].
Sec 31 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [54]-[56].
Sec 31A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [57].
Sec 32 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [58].
Part 5, Div 1, heading Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 33 Subst 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 34 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [59]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [16]-[18]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 35 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [16] [17] [19].
Sec 36 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [60]-[63]. Subst 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [1]-[5].
Sec 37 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [19] [21].
Sec 38 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [16] [22] [23]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [6]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 39 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [24]-[26].
Sec 40 Subst 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 41 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.55 [1]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [28]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 42 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [29]; 2007 No 94, Sch 3.
Sec 43 Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [64].
Sec 44 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [30]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 45 Subst 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 3.
Sec 46 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 3.
Sec 47 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [23]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [65] [66]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 48 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.6; 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [24]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [67]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [32].
Secs 49, 50 Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [33].
Sec 51 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [25]-[27]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [68]-[75]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [34]-[38].
Sec 52 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [28]. Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [76].
Secs 52A, 52B Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 55 Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [77]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 1.5 [1]-[3]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [40].
Sec 56 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [29]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [78]-[85]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [40] [41].
Sec 57 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [30]. Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [86].
Secs 57A-57C Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [87].
Sec 57D Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [87]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 1.5 [4]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [40] [42].
Part 5, Div 6, heading Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [43].
Part 5, Div 6 Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88].
Sec 58A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 1.5 [5]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [17] [19] [40] [44].
Sec 58B Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [19] [45] [46]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [7]-[11].
Sec 58C Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 1.5 [6]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [16] [19] [47].
Sec 58D Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [16] [22] [25] [40] [48].
Sec 58DA Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [49].
Sec 58E Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88].
Sec 58F Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [88]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [46].
Part 5, Div 7 Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [50].
Sec 58G Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [50]. Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [12]-[14].
Sec 58H Ins 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [50].
Sec 60 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [89].
Sec 61 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [90]; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.15.
Part 7, heading Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [91].
Part 7, note Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [92].
Sec 62A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [93].
Sec 62 Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [94]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [51].
Sec 63 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [95] [96]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [15].
Sec 63A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [97].
Sec 64 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [31]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [98]-[101]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [52] [53]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [16] [17].
Sec 64A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [102]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [53]. Subst 2007 No 27, Sch 1.7 [18].
Sec 65 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [103].
Sec 66 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [104].
Sec 67 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [105].
Sec 67A Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [106].
Part 7A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107].
Part 7A, Div 1 (secs 69A-69D) Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107].
Part 7A, Div 2 Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107].
Secs 69E, 69F Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107].
Sec 69G Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107]. Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [54].
Sec 69H Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [107].
Sec 70 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [32]-[34].
Sec 71 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [108].
Sec 73 Rep 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [5].
Sec 75 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [35]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [109] [110]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [55].
Sec 76 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [36]; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.4 [2]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [111].
Sec 77 Rep 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [6].
Part 9 (secs 78-83) Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [112].
Sec 84 Am 2002 No 38, Sch 5.2 [1]-[3]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [113]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [56].
Sec 85 Am 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [114]-[116].
Sec 88A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [117].
Sec 89 Subst 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [37]. Am 2003 No 13, Sch 1.4; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.4 [3].
Secs 90, 91 Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [118].
Sec 93 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.55 [2]. Subst 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [119]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 94 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.6; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [120].
Sec 95A Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [121].
Sec 96 Am 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [7]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [122] [123].
Sec 99 Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 1 Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2. Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [124].
Sch 2 Rep 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [124].
Sch 3 Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [38]; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.7 [8]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [125]; 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [57] [58].
Sch 4 Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.


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