Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Following the
making of a declaration that a dog is a dangerous dog, and the service of a
notice under section 33F(1) or (8) imposing or varying control
requirements, the owner of that dog shall ensure that any person who is, or
subsequently becomes, a person liable for the control of the dog is made aware
of the declaration and of the terms and conditions of the control requirements
imposed in relation to that dog.
(2) A person liable
for the control of a dog which is a dangerous dog shall, within 24 hours,
notify the local government of the district in which the dog is ordinarily
kept —
(a) if
an attack by the dog occurs, giving particulars of that attack;
(b) if
the dog is missing, giving particulars of where it was last known to be
located;
(c) if
the ownership of the dog changes, giving particulars as to that change; or
(d) if
the dog is to be ordinarily kept in the district of that local government at a
different location to the place in which the dog was previously ordinarily
kept, giving particulars as to the new location.
(3) Where a person
liable for the control of a dangerous dog intends ordinarily to keep the dog
in the district of a local government that is not the local government by
which the dog was declared to be a dangerous dog, the person must notify the
local government of the district in which the dog is to be kept within
24 hours of the dog commencing to be kept there.
(4) On or before the
change of ownership of a dangerous dog, the person transferring ownership must
give written notice to the person to whom ownership is to be
transferred —
(a) that
the dog has been declared to be a dangerous dog;
(b) of
the terms and conditions of any order imposed as to control requirements; and
(c) that
this Act requires that the new owner comply with the terms and conditions of
that order.
(5) The owner of a
dangerous dog must notify the local government of the district in which the
dog is ordinarily kept if —
(a) the
dog is to be ordinarily kept in a location not in the district of that local
government, giving particulars as to the new location; or
( b) the dog dies.
[Section 33K inserted by No. 24 of 1996
s. 10; amended by No. 10 of 1998 s. 29(1).]