DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 84TB Immediate destruction of dog that may cause serious injury or death
DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 84TB
Immediate destruction of dog that may cause serious injury or deathS. 84TB(1) amended by No. 69/2017 s. 80.
(1) A Council authorised officer may immediately destroy a dog if the officer reasonably believes that the dog is behaving in a manner or in circumstances that will result in imminent serious injury or death to a person or other animal.
(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the dog is registered or the owner is identifiable.
(3) Divisions 4 and 5 of this Part do not apply to a person acting in accordance with this section.
S. 84TC inserted by No. 44/2010 s. 23.