DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 54
DOG ACT 1976 - SECT 54
54 . Regulations generally
(1) The Governor may
make regulations for and in relation to any matter which the Governor thinks
necessary or expedient for carrying this Act into effect, including such
transitional, incidental and supplementary provisions as may be necessary in
relation to the Acts repealed by this Act or any application of the provisions
of this Act.
(2A) Without limiting
subsection (1), the Governor may make regulations to make provision for a
register of dangerous dogs.
(2B) Despite the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 41(1)(b), a regulation prescribing a breed of
dog to be a restricted breed for the purposes of the definition of dangerous
dog (restricted breed) in section 3(1) comes into operation on the 7 th day
after publication in the Gazette or if a later day is specified or provided
for in the regulation, on that day.
(2) Where and to the
extent that there is inconsistency between regulations made under this Act and
any local law in force in any district made or purporting to have been made
under or pursuant to this Act, the Acts repealed by this Act, the
Local Government Act 1995 , or any other Act the provisions of the regulations
prevail.
(3) The provisions of
section 50(1), (2) and (3) have effect in relation to regulations mentioned in
this section in the same way that they apply to a regulation made under
section 48.
[Section 54 amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 18
of 2013 s. 58.]
[Heading inserted: No. 18 of 2013 s. 59.]
[Heading inserted: No. 18 of 2013 s. 59; amended:
No. 16 of 2019 s. 110.]