DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 50
DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 50
50 . General provisions relating to regulations and local laws
(1) Any regulation
made under section 48 or local law may be made —
(a) so
as to apply generally or in a particular class of case, or particular classes
of cases, at all times or at a specified time or specified times, throughout
the district or in a specified part or specified parts of the district and in
areas which although not within the district are by the operation of the
provisions of this Act nevertheless to be regarded for the purpose of the
local law making power of a local government as being within the district;
(b) so
as to require a matter affected by it to be in accordance with a specified
standard or specified requirement, or as approved by, or to the satisfaction
of, a specified person or body, or class of person or body, and so as to
delegate to or confer upon a specified body a discretionary authority;
(c) so
as to provide that in specified cases, or a specified class of case, or
specified classes of cases, whether on specified conditions or
unconditionally, persons or things or a class or classes of persons or things
may be exempted from its provisions either wholly or to such extent as is
specified.
(2) Any regulation
made under section 48 or local law may make provision for the imposition of
penalties not exceeding $5 000 in respect of any contravention, and may
prescribe the fees and charges that shall be payable in relation to matters
under this Act, the persons liable and the method of recovery of amounts not
duly paid.
(3) Where in relation
to a regulation made under section 48 or local law made under this Act the
expression specified is used, the expression, unless the context requires
otherwise, means specified in that regulation or local law.
[Section 50 amended: No. 23 of 1987 s. 41; No. 14
of 1996 s. 4; No. 24 of 1996 s. 16; No. 18 of 2013 s. 55.]