Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 95

95 Notice and taking effect of declaration

(1) As soon as practicable after deciding to make a regulated dog declaration, the local government must give any owner of the dog the subject of the declaration a notice under subsection (3) or (4) .

(2) However, a local government must not give the notice under subsection (3) or (4) if an authorised person makes a destruction order under section 127A .

Note—

A combined decision and information notice may be given to an owner of a dog under section 127A .

(3) If the proposed declaration notice was for a restricted dog and accompanied by a written opinion from a veterinary surgeon stating, or to the effect, that the dog is of a breed mentioned in section 63 (1) , the notice must state the decision and reasons for it.

(4) If subsection (3) does not apply, the notice must be an information notice about the decision.

(5) The decision takes effect on the later of the following days—

(a) the day any owner of the dog is given the notice;

(b) a later day of effect stated in the notice.

(6) If the information notice is about a declared dangerous dog or declared menacing dog, the information notice must include—

(a) that the dog is the subject of—

(i) if the dog is a dangerous dog—a dangerous dog declaration; or

(ii) if the dog is a menacing dog—a menacing dog declaration; and

(b) the reasons for the declaration; and

(c) the local government that made the declaration; and

(d) the day the decision takes effect; and

(e) that the dog must not be kept at a place other than—

(i) if the dog is declared dangerous dog or declared menacing dog—the place stated in the registration notice as the address for it; or

(ii) if the dog is a restricted dog—the place for which a restricted dog permit has been issued; and

(f) if the dog is impounded—a unique number given to the dog by the local government for the purposes of impounding; and

(g) any other information prescribed under a regulation.