DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 33I

DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 33I

33I .         Jurisdiction of State Administrative Tribunal

        (1)         An application may be made under this Division to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of —

            (a)         the decision made by a local government —

                  (i)         where an objection as to a declaration is lodged with the local government under section 33F(2)(b)(i), or an objection is lodged under section 33G(2)(d)(i) to a proposal to destroy a dog, is dismissed; or

                  (ii)         where an application lodged under section 33H(1) to revoke any notice is dismissed;

                or

            (b)         the declaration under section 33E of a dog as a dangerous dog (declared), where no objection is lodged with the local government, where the owner elects to proceed under section 33F(2)(b)(ii) directly; or

            (c)         a proposal to destroy a dog, where the owner elects to proceed under section 33G(2)(d)(ii) directly; or

            (d)         where an objection or application is lodged with the local government but section 33F(6)(b), section 33G(4)(b) or section 33H(5)(b) applies.

        (2)         Where, under this Division, an application for a review is made to the State Administrative Tribunal, the orders that the State Administrative Tribunal may make include —

            (a)         where the dog is detained, an order for the release of the dog to the owner;

            (b)         on being satisfied that the dog will be kept without the likelihood of any contravention of this Act, an order cancelling any previous order made in respect of that dog by the State Administrative Tribunal.

        [Section 33I inserted: No. 24 of 1996 s. 10; amended: No. 10 of 1998 s. 29(1); No. 55 of 2004 s. 263; No. 18 of 2013 s. 39.]