Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations79. Diseased dog or cat
(1) This by-law applies if a pound manager who takes custody of a dog or cat seized under this Division:
(a) receives advice from a veterinarian that the dog or cat is, or is suspected of being, diseased; or
(b) notices or suspects that the dog or cat is diseased.
(2) The pound manager must:
(a) isolate the dog or cat from other animals in the pound; and
(b) notify the council of the condition of the dog or cat.
(3) The council must serve on the owner, if known, of the dog or cat notice that the dog or cat is, or is suspected of being, diseased and that the council:
(a) requires the dog or cat to be destroyed; or
(b) requires the dog or cat to undergo a course of treatment specified in the notice.
(4) In the notice, the council may require the owner to produce to the council, within the time specified in the notice, a report, prepared by a veterinarian, or a person specified in the notice, relating to:
(a) the diseased dog or cat, unless the dog or cat is required to be destroyed; or
(b) all other animals usually kept at the premises where the diseased dog or cat was kept.
(5) The dog or cat may be released from the pound in accordance with by-law 78 subject to any conditions imposed by the council.
(6) A pound manager may destroy a dog or cat in a pound if the dog or cat is so diseased or injured that it is humane to destroy it.
(7) The cost of treatment reasonably provided by a pound manager to a diseased dog or cat, and to any other animal in the pound that was infected or was at risk of being infected by the dog or cat before the manager could reasonably isolate it, is a debt payable by the owner of the dog or cat to the council.