DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 16A

DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 16A

16A .         Change of ownership

        (1)         Where the ownership of a dog, other than a dangerous dog, is transferred to another person, the registered owner shall within 28 days thereafter cause the local government in whose register his name appears to be notified in the prescribed manner and form of the name and residential address of the new owner.

        Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         No change shall be made in the record of the ownership of a dog unless —

            (a)         the registered owner has notified the change to the local government under subsection (1) or section 33K(2)(c); or

            (b)         an application for registration is made by a person who alleges that he is the new owner.

        (3)         A person aggrieved by a decision of the local government relating to the ownership of a dog as recorded in a register may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the decision.

        [Section 16A inserted: No. 23 of 1987 s. 15; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 24 of 1996 s. 16; No. 55 of 2004 s. 254; No. 18 of 2013 s. 16.]