COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998

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COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 22 October 2009 - 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.

Does not include amendments by:

Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998 No 158 (not commenced)

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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted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).
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.

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].
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].
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].
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].
Sec 17	Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 [15]; 2005 No 101, Sch 1 [34].
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].
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.