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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 59

Purpose of ch 4 and its achievement

59 Purpose of ch 4 and its achievement

(1) The purposes of this chapter are to—
(a) protect the community from damage or injury, or risk of damage or injury, from particular types of dogs called ‘regulated dogs’; and
(b) ensure the dogs are—
(i) not a risk to community health or safety; and
(ii) controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals.
(2) The purposes are to be achieved primarily by the following—
(a) providing for local governments to declare dogs to be dangerous dogs, menacing dogs or restricted dogs;
(b) providing for the compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dogs and restricted dogs;
(c) providing for identification of dogs as regulated dogs;
(d) providing for permits for restricted dogs;
(e) imposing conditions on keeping, and requirements for the control of, regulated dogs;
(f) allowing authorised persons to seize or destroy dogs in particular circumstances;
(g) providing for local governments to administer, and be responsible for, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) .



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