Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

DOG CONTROL ACT 1975 (REPEALED) - SECT 32

(1)     Subject to sections 30 and 31, where a dog has been seized by an inspector, the Registrar may, subject to the Regulations, sell the dog or cause the dog to be destroyed—

        (a)     where a notice has been served on a person under section 29—at the expiration of 5 days after the date of service of the notice; or

        (b)     in any other case—at the expiration of 7 days after the date on which the dog is seized.

(2)     The Registrar shall not sell or destroy a dog if—

        (a)     at the end of the relevant period referred to in subsection (1) an application for a keeper's licence or dangerous dog licence in relation to the dog is pending with the Registrar; or

        (b)     a decision of—

              (i)     the Registrar in respect of a keeper's licence or dangerous dog licence in relation to the dog; or

              (ii)     a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or a court relating to the decision of the Registrar;

has not become final.

(3)     For the purposes of paragraph (2) (b), a decision referred to in that paragraph shall be taken to have become final if no application for review has been made, or appeal instituted, within 28 days after the date of the decision.