Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to the
provisions of this section, the registration fee payable in relation to a dog
shall be such amount as is prescribed by regulation.
(2) The registration
of a dog under this Act —
(a)
shall, unless sooner cancelled, remain in force from the date specified in the
certificate until 31 October either —
(i)
next ensuing; or
(ii)
where the regulations permit an extended registration
period and the owner has elected to register the dog for that extended period,
ensuing in the last registration year of that period;
and
(b) may
be renewed to take effect as from 1 November in any year, within the
preceding period of 21 days.
(3) Regulations may
provide that concessional rates of registration fee shall be
payable —
(a) by
persons of a specified class or in specified circumstances;
(b) by
persons who elect to effect registration for such extended period as is
prescribed;
(c) in
respect of registration for a period of less than one year;
(d) in
respect of a dog that is proved, in such manner as is prescribed, to have been
sterilized; and
(e) in
respect of dogs to which the provisions of section 7(3)(e) apply, or
which are otherwise kept in prescribed circumstances.
(4) No registration
fee shall be payable in relation to a guide dog, or any dog that is kept for
the purposes of the Crown.
(5) The registration
fee payable in relation to a dog that is bona fide used in the droving or
tending of stock shall be one quarter of the fee that would otherwise be
payable.
(6) In respect of
every first registration made after 31 May, in any year, only one half of
the registration fee shall be payable.
[Section 15 amended by No. 57 of 1977
s. 3; No. 23 of 1987 s. 13.]