After section 217--
insert--
'(1) This section applies if immediately before the commencement of this section--
(a) a dog was the subject of a declaration, however called, under a corresponding law; and
(b) the declaration is the same as or similar to a regulated dog declaration.
'(2) The dog is taken to be a regulated dog under this Act.
'(3) A corresponding conviction for an offence relating to the dog is taken to be a conviction for an offence against chapter 4.
'(4) In this section--
corresponding conviction, for an offence relating to the dog, means a conviction in another State for an offence that is the same, or substantially the same, as an offence against chapter 4.
'(1) A dog that was declared to be a dangerous dog under a local law (a local law dangerous dog) immediately before the commencement of this section is taken to be a declared dangerous dog under this Act.
'(2) A corresponding conviction for an offence relating to a local law dangerous dog is taken to be a conviction for an offence against chapter 4.
'(3) In this section--
corresponding conviction, for an offence relating to a local law dangerous dog, means a conviction under a local law for an offence that is the same, or substantially the same, as an offence against chapter 4.'.