DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 16
DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 16
16 . Registration procedure
(1) A dog may be
registered by the local government of the district in which —
(a) the
dog is ordinarily kept; or
(b) the
dog is deemed to be ordinarily kept pursuant to section 9 or section 10(2),
if the owner of the
dog or some person on his behalf delivers an application in the prescribed
form, signed by or on behalf of the owner and accompanied by the prescribed
fee, if any, to the office of the local government or some other place within
the district appointed by the local government for the purpose.
(1BA) The form of
application prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) shall require the
applicant to provide —
(a) the
name, residential address and contact details of the owner of the dog; and
(b) the
address of the premises where the dog will ordinarily be kept; and
(c) a
statement that the dog will be effectively confined in or at those premises;
and
(d) if
the dog is microchipped —
(i)
the name of the microchip database company for the dog;
and
(ii)
the microchip’s unique identification number for
the dog;
and
(e) a
statement as to whether the dog is kept, or is to be kept, as a commercial
security dog; and
(f) a
statement as to whether the owner is subject to an order under section 46A(2).
(1BB) Nothing in
subsection (1BA) prevents a form prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)
requiring an applicant to provide additional information.
(1b) Where a dog is
ordinarily kept by a person under the age of 18 years, application for
registration of that dog shall be made by his parent or guardian or some other
person who is over the age of 18 years and any registration shall be in the
name of the applicant.
(2) The registration
officer on receipt of an application duly made under subsection (1) shall
—
(a)
effect the registration in accordance with this Act; or
(b)
where the local government so directs, refuse the application and refund the
fee, if any,
and in either event
shall as soon as is practicable thereafter enter the prescribed particulars in
the record maintained by the local government pursuant to section 14.
(3A) If on an order
under section 46A(2) a person is banned from owning or keeping a dog —
(a) the
registration officer of the local government district in which a dog is
registered in the person’s name is to cancel the registration of the dog
in the person’s name; and
(b) a
registration officer of any local government is not to effect or renew the
registration of a dog in the person’s name during the period to which
the order applies.
(3) The local
government may direct the registration officer to refuse to effect or renew
the registration of a dog, and may direct that the registration of a dog shall
be cancelled, if —
(a) the
applicant, the owner, or the registered owner, as the case may be, has been
convicted, or has paid a modified penalty, within the previous 3 years in
respect of 2 or more offences against any of this Act, the Cat Act 2011 or the
Animal Welfare Act 2002 ; or
(b) the
dog in question has been shown to the satisfaction of the local government to
be destructive, unduly mischievous, or to be suffering from a contagious or
infectious disease; or
(c) the
local government is not satisfied that the dog is, or will be, effectively
confined in or at premises where the dog is, or will be, ordinarily kept; or
(da) the
dog is required under section 21 or 22 to be microchipped but is not
microchipped; or
(d) the
dog is a dangerous dog.
[(3a), (3b) deleted]
(3c) The registration
officer may cancel the registration of a dog if it is proved to his
satisfaction that the dog has died or has been removed from the State.
(4) Where the
registration of a dog is refused, not renewed or cancelled pursuant to
subsection (3) the local government shall forthwith notify the applicant or
the person in whose name the registration was effected, and that notification
shall be accompanied by a statement in writing of the grounds upon which the
decision of the local government was made.
(5) The registration
of a dog under this Act has effect throughout the State notwithstanding that
the dog may be removed to another district of the State.
(6) On effecting or
renewing any registration, the registration officer shall deliver to the
applicant —
(a) a
certificate in the prescribed form acknowledging the fee paid and specifying
the registration number allocated to each dog, the term of the relevant
registration period, and a description of each dog so registered; and
(b) in
respect of each dog so registered, a registration tag of the prescribed kind.
[Section 16 amended: No. 23 of 1987 s. 14 and 44;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 24 of 1996 s. 6; No. 10 of 1998 s. 29(1); No. 18 of
2013 s. 14.]