Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 70

70 Compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dog or restricted dog

(1) The owner of a declared dangerous dog or a restricted dog must ensure it is desexed—

(a) if the dog is a declared dangerous dog—within 3 months after the dog is declared as a dangerous dog unless desexing is likely to be a serious risk to the dog’s health; or

(b) if the dog is a restricted dog—within 3 months after the later of the following to happen unless desexing is likely to be a serious risk to the dog’s health—

(i) any person is issued a restricted dog permit to keep the dog;

(ii) the dog turns 6 months.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.

(2) If the owner does not desex the dog because desexing is likely to temporarily be a serious risk to the dog’s health (the
"temporary condition" )—

(a) the obligation under subsection (1) continues despite the matters mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) having happened; and

(b) the owner must ensure the dog is desexed within 3 months after the temporary condition ceases.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.