DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 28
DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 28
28 . Obligation to identify dog’s owner
(1) If the identity of
the owner of a dog entering a dog management facility is unknown to the
operator of the facility then, as soon as practicable after the dog enters the
facility, the operator must make every reasonable attempt to identify the
owner of the dog including, where possible, by scanning the dog.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(2) Despite subsection
(1), a person does not have to scan a dog if —
(a) the
dog behaves aggressively towards the person or any other person; and
(b) the
person believes on reasonable grounds that there is a danger to the health or
safety of any person in attempting to scan the dog.
[Section 28 inserted: No. 18 of 2013 s. 24.]