South Australian Numbered Acts

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 33 OF 2016) - SECT 41

41—Amendment of section 52—Procedure for making and revoking orders

        (1)         Section 52—before subsection (1) insert:

        (a1)         A council or the Board may make an order under this Division on its own initiative or on an application made in a manner and form determined by the council or the Board (as the case requires).

        (2)         Section 52(1)—after "council" first occurring insert:

or the Board (as the case requires)

        (3)         Section 52(1)(b)(iii)—delete "council (within 7 days or such longer period as is allowed by the council) with respect to the matter" and substitute:

council or the Board in respect of the matter within 7 days or such longer period as is allowed by the council or the Board (as the case requires)

        (4)         Section 52(2)—after "order" first occurring insert:

made by a council

        (5)         Section 52(3)—after "council" insert:

or the Board (as the case requires)

        (6)         Section 52(4)—delete "may be revoked by a council" and substitute:

made by a council may be revoked by the council

        (7)         Section 52—after subsection (5) insert:

        (6)         An order made by the Board—

            (a)         takes effect when the Board first gives a copy of the order to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog; and

            (b)         may be revoked by the Board by written notice to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog; and

            (c)         must, at the request of the Board, be noted in the register kept under this Act by the council in whose area the dog is usually kept.