(1)  A dog, other than a greyhound, a dangerous dog or a restricted breed dog, is under the effective control of a person in a public place if the dog is –

(a) on a road or road-related area in a built-up area, or any other public place declared under Division 2 of Part 3 to be an area where a dog must be on a lead, and the dog is secured and restrained by means of a lead not more than 2 metres long held by hand by a person able to control the dog; or

(b) tethered to a fixed object by a lead not more than 2 metres long for a period not more than 30 minutes.

(2)  A dog, other than a greyhound, a dangerous dog or a restricted breed dog, is under the effective control of a person while not on a lead if the dog is –

(a) a working dog engaged in working; or

(b) a hunting dog engaged in hunting; or

(c) engaged in racing or showing; or

(d) engaged in trialling; or

(e) engaged in training for any activity referred to in paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) ; or

(f) engaged in training in a training area.

(3)  In an area where a dog is not required to be on a lead, a dog, other than a greyhound, a dangerous dog or a restricted breed dog, is under the effective control of a person if –

(a) it is in close proximity to the person; and

(b) it is in sight of the person; and

(c) the person is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of an authorised person that the dog is immediately responsive to the person's commands.

(4)  A dog, other than a greyhound, a dangerous dog or a restricted breed dog, is under the effective control of a person on private premises if the dog is securely confined to those premises.

(5)  A person, at any one time, must not have in his or her charge more than –

(a) 2 dogs, that are not greyhounds, dangerous dogs or restricted breed dogs, on a lead on a footpath; or

(b) 4 dogs, that are not greyhounds, dangerous dogs or restricted breed dogs, in a public place.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.