Queensland Numbered Acts

GUIDE, HEARING AND ASSISTANCE DOGS ACT 2009 No. 4 - SECT 46

(1) Each of the following is a ground for immediately suspending or cancelling a handler's identity card--

(a) the handler's dog is a risk to the health or welfare of the handler or someone else;

(b) the handler no longer relies on the handler's dog;

(c) the handler's dog was certified because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration;

(d) the identity card was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration.

(2) Also, it is a ground for cancelling a handler's identity card if the handler's dog should be retired because of age, illness or other inability to be used as a guide, hearing or assistance dog.

(3) In this section--

handler's dog means the guide, hearing or assistance dog that the handler relies on.