Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 10A

10A .         Payments to veterinary surgeons towards cost of sterilization

        (1)         A local government may — 

            (a)         make payments to registered veterinary surgeons towards the cost of sterilization of a dog owned by an eligible person;

            (b)         from time to time issue directions in writing to such veterinary surgeons to be complied with as a condition of the receipt of a payment under paragraph (a).

        (2)         No payment shall be made under subsection (1)(a) to a veterinary surgeon for the sterilization of a dog unless the local government is satisfied that the veterinary surgeon has complied with any direction issued under subsection (1)(b).

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is an eligible person in relation to a local government if he — 

            (a)         is the registered owner of the dog whether or not the registration is in the district of that local government or in another district;

            (b)         resides in the district of that local government; and

            (c)         in the opinion of that local government, would suffer hardship in paying the whole of the cost of sterilization of the dog.

        [Section 10A inserted by No. 23 of 1987 s. 10; amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]