New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

COMPANION ANIMALS REGULATION 2008 - REG 17

17 Registration fee

(1) The registration fee payable for the registration of a companion animal is whichever of the following fees is applicable in the particular case:

(a) for a desexed animal (except an animal owned by an eligible pensioner)-$40,

(b) for a desexed animal owned by an eligible pensioner-$15,

(c) for an animal that is not desexed (except an animal kept by a recognised breeder for breeding purposes)-$150,

(d) for an animal that is not desexed and that is kept by a recognised breeder for breeding purposes-$40.

(2) There is an exemption from payment of a registration fee for the registration of the following:

(a) any animal the Director-General is satisfied is in the service of a public authority,

(b) a working dog.

Note: A working dog is defined in the Act as a dog used primarily for the purpose of droving, tending, working or protecting stock (or a dog being trained as a working dog). If the dog is declared to be a dangerous dog, it ceases to be a working dog while the declaration is in force.

(3) In this clause:
"eligible pensioner" means:

(a) a person who is a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations under the Local Government Act 1993 for the purposes of the definition of "eligible pensioner" in that Act, or

(b) if no such class of persons is prescribed, a person who is the holder of a card issued by the Commonwealth and known as the Pensioner Concession Card, being a card that is in force.

Note: See clause 32 for payments to registration agents from the Companion Animals Fund.