DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 33K
DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 33K
33K . Duty to notify persons
(1) The owner of a
dangerous dog must ensure that every person liable for the control of the dog
is aware of the person’s responsibilities under this Division.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000, but the minimum
penalty is a fine of $500.
(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; or
(b) if
the dog is missing, giving particulars of where it was last known to be
located; or
(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.
Penalty:
(a) a
fine of $10 000, but the minimum penalty is a fine of $500;
(b) for
each separate and further offence committed by the person under the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 71, a fine of $500.
(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 with
which the dog is registered, 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.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000, but the minimum
penalty is a fine of $500.
(4) On or before the
change of ownership of a dangerous dog (declared), the person transferring
ownership must give to the person to whom ownership is to be transferred
—
(a)
written notice that the dog is a dangerous dog for the purposes of this Act;
and
(b) a
copy of the notice given under section 33F(1).
Penalty: a fine of $10 000, but the minimum
penalty is a fine of $500.
(5A) On or before the
change of ownership of a dangerous dog (restricted breed) or a commercial
security dog, the person transferring ownership must give, to the person to
whom ownership is to be transferred, written notice that the dog is a
dangerous dog for the purposes of this Act.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000, but the minimum
penalty is a fine of $500.
(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.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
[Section 33K inserted: No. 24 of 1996 s. 10;
amended: No. 10 of 1998 s. 29(1); No. 18 of 2013 s. 41.]