South Australian Numbered Acts

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO 33 OF 2016) - SECT 9

9—Amendment of section 21A—Accreditation of assistance dogs

        (1)         Section 21A(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         Subject to this section, a prescribed accreditation body may, on application, accredit a dog, or renew the accreditation of a dog, as an assistance dog.

        (1a)         A prescribed accreditation body (other than the Board) may only accredit a dog, or renew the accreditation of a dog, of a kind approved by the Board in respect of the prescribed accreditation body.

        (2)         Section 21A(2)(a)—delete "the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board" and substitute:

a prescribed accreditation body in the manner and form determined by the prescribed accreditation body

        (3)         Section 21A(3)—delete "the Board with any information required by the Board" and substitute:

a prescribed accreditation body with any information required by the prescribed accreditation body

        (4)         Section 21A(4)—delete "unless it is earlier revoked by the Board or surrendered by the owner of the dog." and substitute:

unless—

            (a)         it is revoked by the Board or the prescribed accreditation body that accredited the dog; or

            (b)         it is surrendered by the owner of the dog.

        (5)         Section 21A(5)—delete "by the Board"

        (6)         Section 21A(6)—delete "The Board may only revoke the accreditation of a dog if the Board" and substitute:

The accreditation of a dog may only be revoked if the Board or the prescribed accreditation body that accredited the dog

        (7)         Section 21A(6)—delete "a disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog (as the case may be)" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

an assistance dog

        (8)         Section 21A—after subsection (6) insert:

        (7)         In this section—

"prescribed accreditation body"—the following are prescribed accreditation bodies:

            (a)         the Board;

            (b)         The Royal Society for the Blind of SA Inc;

            (c)         the Guide Dogs Association of South Australia and Northern Territory Inc;

            (d)         Lions Hearing Dogs Inc;

            (e)         any other person or body declared by the regulations to be a prescribed accreditation body.