COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 58D Authorised officer to notify dog owner of decision and consequences

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 58D

58D Authorised officer to notify dog owner of decision and consequences

(1) An authorised officer of a council must give notice to the owner of a dog when the authorised officer declares the dog to be a restricted dog or decides not to declare the dog to be a restricted dog. The notice must be given within 7 days after the declaration or decision is made.

(2) A notice that a dog has been declared a restricted dog must set out the requirements and restrictions imposed on the owner under this Part and the date or dates by which the owner must comply with those requirements.

(3) A declaration by an authorised officer of a council under this Division--

(a) has effect from the date specified in the notice or the date on which notice is given (whichever is the later), and

(b) has effect throughout the State and is not limited in its operation to the area of the council whose authorised officer made the declaration, and

(c) may be revoked at any time by the council whose authorised officer made the declaration.

(4) A declaration or other decision by an authorised officer of a council under this Division is final and is not subject to any appeal or review.