Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 42

42 Desexed cat or dog must be tattooed

(1) An owner of a desexed cat or dog must ensure the cat or dog is tattooed when it is desexed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note—

See section 215 for circumstances in which an owner of a cat or dog does not contravene subsection (1) .

(2) A veterinary surgeon desexing a cat or dog must ensure it is tattooed for desexing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) for the defendant to prove the cat or dog—

(a) is a cat or dog for which there is a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate stating, or other evidence, that tattooing the cat or dog is likely to be a serious risk to its health; or

(b) is, or is proposed to be, a show cat or dog and tattooing it may reasonably be considered by a person acting as a judge of the cat or dog as a blemish that is detrimental to its value as a show cat or dog.

(4) In this section—

"show cat or dog" means a cat or dog participating in or being exhibited at an exhibition supervised by a body recognised for this section by the relevant local government.