COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 10B Notice requiring companion animal to be registered

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 10B

10B Notice requiring companion animal to be registered

(1) If a companion animal that is required to be registered is not registered, the council of the area in which the animal is ordinarily kept may give the owner of the animal a notice, in the approved form, requiring the owner to register the animal within 14 days after the date the notice is given.

(2) The owner of the companion animal must comply with the notice.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of a dangerous, menacing or restricted dog--60 penalty units for a first offence or 70 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or

(b) in any other case--50 penalty units for a first offence or 60 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence.

(3) A notice under this section may be given on more than one occasion to the owner of an unregistered companion animal that is required to be registered (but only after an interval of at least 3 months since the last such notice was given).