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DOG CONTROL AMENDMENT BILL 2017 BILL 60 OF 2017

                                               FACT SHEET

                                   Dog Control Amendment Bill 2017

Dog Control Amendment Bill 2017 (the Bill) amends the Dog Control Act 2000 (the Act) to:

          require a dog owner to inform a council of their dog’s microchip number;

          exempt greyhounds that have graduated from a suitability program approved by the
           Director of Racing from the requirement to wear a muzzle in a public place while on a
           lead;

          allow councils to declare areas of council controlled land from which dogs are restricted
           permanently;

          provide for a mandatory requirement that a dog owner is to inform the relevant council
           when a dangerous dog is transferred to its municipal area;

          extend the time required to respond to a destruction of a dangerous dog notice from 14
           to 28 days in line with the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001;

          clarify section 42 of the Act to allow councils to seize and/or destroy a dog;

          clarify the relationship in the Act between section 4 dealing with the control of all dogs,
           section 18 dealing with the control of greyhounds and section 32 dealing with the control
           of dangerous or restricted breed dogs;

          provide clarity for persons carrying out primary production relating to livestock on rural
           land to destroy any dog found at large on that land;

          provide that council authorised officers can take DNA samples from a dog suspected of
           being involved in an attack;

          provide that council authorised officers must be trained and comply with procedures when
           taking a DNA sample from a dog suspected of being in an attack;

          provide that councils can recover the costs associated with the collection of DNA from a
           dog who is suspected of and proven to be involved in an attack;

          provide that tenants have the same exemption from removing dog faeces immediately as
           owners of land; and

          clarify that commercial dog minding services require kennel licences.




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