Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DOG ACT 1976

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   6.      Application  
   7.      Dogs to be registered  
   8.      Special provisions for guide dogs  

   PART II -- Administration  

   9.      Administrative responsibility  
   10.     Dogs not kept in a district  
   10A.    Payments to veterinary surgeons towards cost of sterilization  
   11.     Staff and services  
   12.     Joint jurisdiction  
   12A.    Entry of premises  
   13.     Immunity of persons acting in good faith  

   PART III -- Registration  

   14.     Register to be maintained  
   15.     Registration periods and fees  
   16.     Registration procedure  
   16A.    Change of ownership  
   17.     Refusal or cancellation of registration  
   18.     Registration tags  
   19.     Refund of fee on cancellation  
   20.     Offences relating to registration, etc.  

   PART V -- The keeping of dogs  

   26.     Limitation as to numbers  
   27.     Licensing of approved kennel establishments  

   PART VI -- Control of dogs  

           Division 1 -- Dogs generally  

   29.     Power to seize strays, etc.  
   30.     Dogs to wear collars, registration tags, etc.  
   31.     Control of dogs in certain public places  
   32.     Control of dogs in exercise areas and rural areas  
   33.     Special provision for greyhounds  
   33A.    Control of dogs in places that are not public  
   33B.    Defences applicable to sections 30(1), 31(1), 32(1), 33(1) and 33A(1)  
   33C.    Saving  
   33D.    Dog attacks, etc.  

           Division 2 -- Dangerous dogs  

   33E.    A dog may be declared to be a dangerous dog  
   33F.    Owner to be notified of making of declaration, and as to control requirements  
   33G.    Seizure and destruction  
   33H.    Local government may revoke a declaration, control requirements, or proposal to destroy  
   33I.    Jurisdiction of State Administrative Tribunal  
   33J.    Duration of an order as to control requirements  
   33K.    Duty to notify persons  
   33L.    Offences by a person liable for the control of a dangerous dog  
   33M.    Local government expenses to be recoverable  

           Division 3 -- Protection of stock; vermin disease and parasite control  

   34.     Protection of livestock  
   35.     Destruction of vermin, etc.  
   36.     Diseases and parasite control  

           Division 4 -- Control of nuisance  

   38.     Nuisance  

   PART VII -- Enforcement  

   39.     Dogs causing injury or damage may be destroyed  
   40.     Destruction of dogs, etc.  
   41.     Indemnity as to destruction of dogs  
   43.     Offences relating to enforcement, etc.  
   43A.    Name and address to be supplied  
   44.     Enforcement proceedings  
   45.     Evidentiary provisions  
   45A.    Modified penalties  

   PART VIII -- Civil remedies, etc.  

   46.     Damages  
   47.     Causing harm to dogs  

   PART IX -- Local laws  

   48.     Regulations to operate as local laws  
   49.     Local laws  
   49A.    Model local laws  
   49B.    Governor may amend or repeal local laws  
   50.     General provisions relating to local laws  
   51.     Local law making powers  
   52.     Revocation of local laws  

   PART X -- Regulations  

   53.     Regulations as to certain kinds of dog  
   54.     Regulations generally  
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