Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A local
government shall maintain a register showing, in relation to the district of
the local government and any other area for which under the provisions of this
Act the local government is the registration authority, —
(a) the
particulars of each dog which is the subject of an application for
registration;
(b) the
particulars of the person by or on behalf of whom an application for the
registration of a dog is made as the owner of the dog, and the premises stated
as the place at which the dog is intended to be ordinarily kept;
(c) any
notification of an alleged change of ownership;
(d) the
period of any registration effected, the registration number given, and the
particulars of the registration tag relevant to each dog;
(e)
particulars of any conviction recorded, or offence in respect of which a
modified penalty is paid, under this Act relevant to any dog or person to
which an application or registration relates;
(f) the
number of dogs currently registered in the name of each person;
(g)
particulars of the cancellation of any registration pursuant to this Act.
(2) In compiling or
maintaining the register the registration officer shall give effect to any
direction given to him by the local government.
(3) The register shall
be kept at the public office of the local government and shall, as far as is
practicable, be so maintained as to include any alteration or addition since
the preparation of the register for the preceding year.
(4) A person who
applies to the local government is, on payment of the prescribed fee, entitled
to inspect and take copies of any entry in the register or, as the case may
be, to receive a copy of an entry in the register certified by a registration
officer.
[Section 14 amended by No. 23 of 1987
s. 12 and 44; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 55 of 2004 s. 253.]