New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 45

45 When Local Court can declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog

(1) The Local Court may declare a dog to be a dangerous dog if the Court is satisfied that--

(a) the dog is dangerous, or

Note--: Section 33 sets out the meaning of "dangerous" in relation to a dog for the purposes of this Act.

(b) the dog has been declared a dangerous dog under a law of another State or a Territory that corresponds with this Act.

(1A) The Local Court may declare a dog to be a menacing dog if the Court is satisfied that--

(a) the dog is menacing because of any observed behaviour of the dog, or

(b) the dog is of a menacing breed or kind of dog (or a cross-breed of a menacing breed or kind of dog), or

(c) the dog has been declared a menacing dog under a law of another State or a Territory that corresponds with this Act.