Queensland Numbered Acts

GUIDE, HEARING AND ASSISTANCE DOGS ACT 2009 No. 4 - SECT 51

(1) A handler must return the handler's identity card to the chief executive within 1 month after the following unless the handler has a reasonable excuse--

(a) the cancellation of the card;

(b) the death or retirement of the guide, hearing or assistance dog shown on the card.

Maximum penalty--2 penalty units.

(2) In this section--

retirement, of a guide, hearing or assistance dog, means the ending of use of the dog as a guide, hearing or assistance dog because the dog is no longer--

(a) relied on for support by the dog's handler; or

(b) able to assist the dog's handler in a way that reduces the handler's need for support.