Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 143

    (1)     The Minister may approve codes of practice setting out the duties of owners, carers and keepers of domestic animals if the animals are kept on land in relation to which a residential lease has been granted.

Examples of domestic animals

              •     cats

              •     dogs

              •     pigs

              •     horses

              •     pigeons

              •     rabbits

              •     goats

    (2)     An approved code of practice may apply, adopt or incorporate an instrument, as in force from time to time.

Note 1     The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act

, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).

Note 2     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act

.

Note 3     A reference to an instrument includes a reference to a provision of an instrument (see Legislation Act

, s 14 (2)).

    (3)     An approved code of practice is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (4)     In this section:

"residential lease"—see the Planning Act 2023

, section 256.