Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 2009

- Act 89 of 2009
- Royal Assent 17 December 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Purpose
   4.      Interpretation
   4A.     Breeding of cats

   PART 2 - Authorised Persons

   5.      Authorised persons
   6.      Identification cards
   7.      Powers of authorised persons
   8.      Entry into premises
   8A.     Collection and analysis of sample from a cat
   9.      Impersonating authorised persons
   10.     Hindering authorised persons, &c.
   11.     Protection from liability

   PART 3 - Microchipping and Desexing of Cats

   12.     Microchipping of cats
   13.     Interference with microchips
   14.     Desexing of cats
   15.     Sale, &c., of cats
   16.      

   PART 3A - Keeping of cats

   16A.    Limit on number of cats kept
   16B.    Application to keep more than 4 cats
   16C.    Determination of application to keep more than 4 cats
   16D.    Cancellation of multiple cat permit
   16E.    Review of decision

   PART 4 - Management of Cats

   17.     Protection of property from cats
   17A.    Destruction of cats on property
   18.     Cats in prohibited areas
   19.     Declaration of prohibited area
   20.     Declaration of cat management area
   21.     Proposal for council declaration
   21A.    Council declaration
   21B.    Cat taken in cat management area

   PART 5 - Seized, Unclaimed and Surrendered Cats

   22.     Scanning of cats at cat management facilities
   23.     Notification where owner identified
   24.     Reclaiming cats
   25.     Unidentified, unclaimed and surrendered cats
   26.     Destruction of cats at cat management facilities

   PART 6 - Destruction of Cats

   27.     Destruction of cats
   28.     Humane destruction of cats

   PART 7 - Breeding of Cats

   29.     Restriction on breeding of cats
   30.     Registration of cat breeders
   31.     Permit to breed a cat
   32.     Cancellation of cat breeding permit
   33.     Review of decisions

   PART 8 - Miscellaneous

   34.     Costs
   35.     Misrepresentation as cat management facility
   36.     Surrender, &c., of cat to cat management facility
   37.     Cats not to be abandoned
   38.     Cats not to be offered as prizes
   38A.    Requirement notice
   38B.    Appeal against requirement notice
   39.     Infringement notices
   40.     Compensation not payable
   41.     Delegation
   42.     Relationship with other legislation
   43.     Council may make by-laws
   44.     Notices not statutory rules
   45.     Regulations
   46.     Administration of Act