Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person may destroy a dog that attacks the person if the destruction of the dog is necessary to bring the attack to an end.
(2) A person may destroy a dog found attacking someone else or an animal if the destruction of the dog is necessary to bring the attack to an end.
(3) A person may destroy a dog found in an enclosed field if the person reasonably believes that an animal confined in the field has just been killed, injured or attacked by the dog.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the dog cannot move freely about the field because of a leash or other form of restraint.
(5) In this section:
"field" includes a paddock, yard or other place.