DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 30A

DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 30A

30A .         Operator of dog management facility may have dog microchipped at owner’s expense

        (1)         The operator of a dog management facility may do anything necessary to ensure that a dog kept at the facility is microchipped before the dog is reclaimed or otherwise transferred from the facility if the operator —

            (a)         believes on reasonable grounds that the dog is required under section 21 or 22 to be microchipped but is not microchipped; and

            (b)         has no reason to believe that the dog is exempt from microchipping as referred to in section 21(4) or 22(4).

        (2)         The owner of a dog kept at a dog management facility is liable to pay to the operator of the facility the reasonable costs associated with the implantation of a microchip in the dog under subsection (1).

        (3)         The operator of a dog management facility may recover the amount of the costs referred to in subsection (2) from the owner of the dog in a court of competent jurisdiction.

        [Section 30A inserted: No. 18 of 2013 s. 26.]