South Australian Numbered Acts

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 33 OF 2016) - SECT 42

42—Amendment of section 55—Contravention of order

        (1)         Section 55(1), penalty provision and expiation provision—delete the penalty provisions and substitute:

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of a contravention of a Destruction order, a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order or a Control (Menacing Dog) Order—$10 000;

            (b)         in the case of a contravention of a Control (Nuisance Dog) Order—$5 000;

            (c)         in the case of a contravention of a Control (Barking Dog) Order—$2 500.

Expiation fee:

            (a)         in the case of a contravention of a Destruction order, a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order or a Control (Menacing Dog) Order—$750;

            (b)         in any other case—$500.

        (2)         Section 55(3)—delete "a dog management officer may take reasonable steps to give effect to the order and the council concerned may recover the cost of that action" and substitute:

an authorised person may take reasonable steps to give effect to the order and the cost of that action may be recovered