Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 10

10 Who is a responsible person for a dog

(1) A person is a
"responsible person" for a dog if—

(a) the person, or the person’s employee acting within the scope of the employment, has immediate control or custody of the dog; or

(b) the person is the parent or guardian of a child who has immediate control or custody of the dog; or

(c) the person occupies the place at which the dog is usually kept.

(2) However, a person is not a responsible person for the dog—

(a) merely because the person occupies a place at which the dog is usually kept if someone else who is an adult and lives at the place keeps the dog; or

(b) if the person has the control or custody of or keeps the dog as an employee of someone else and the person is acting within the scope of the employment.