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DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 21

Multiple dog licences—conditions

    (1)     The registrar may issue a multiple dog licence on conditions stated in the licence.

    (2)     In making a decision whether or not to impose a condition on a multiple dog licence, the registrar must consider the following:

        (a)     the number and kind of dogs to which the application relates;

        (b)     the size and nature of the premises where it is proposed to keep the dogs;

        (c)     the potential impact on the occupiers of neighbouring premises;

        (d)     the safety of the public and other animals.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not limit the matters the registrar may consider.

    (4)     The conditions may include—

        (a)     a condition prescribed by regulation; and

        (b)     any other condition the registrar considers appropriate.

    (5)     A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a condition of a multiple dog licence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (6)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.



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