Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 52

52 Registration fee must be fixed to give desexing incentive

(1) This section applies to a relevant local government in fixing the registration fee for a dog usually kept or proposed to be kept in the local government’s area.

(2) The local government must fix the fee to give the owner of the dog an incentive to desex it.

Example of an incentive to desex a dog—

fixing a lower registration fee for a dog that is desexed

(3) In this section—

"dog" means a dog other than a declared dangerous dog or restricted dog.

Note—

See section 70 in relation to the compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dogs and restricted dogs.