New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 10A

10A Territorial authority must report on dog control policy and practices

1 A territorial authority must, in respect of each financial year, report on the administration of—

a) its dog control policy adopted under section 10 ; and

b) its dog control practices.

2 The report must include, in respect of each financial year, information relating to—

a) the number of registered dogs in the territorial authority district:

b) the number of probationary owners and disqualified owners in the territorial authority district:

c) the number of dogs in the territorial authority district classified as dangerous under section 31 and the relevant provision under which the classification is made:

d) the number of dogs in the territorial authority district classified as menacing under section 33A or section 33C and the relevant provision under which the classification is made:

e) the number of infringement notices issued by the territorial authority:

f) the number of dog related complaints received by the territorial authority in the previous year and the nature of those complaints:

g) the number of prosecutions taken by the territorial authority under this Act.

3 The territorial authority must—

a) give public notice, as defined in section 5(1) of the Local Government Act 2002 , of the report; and

b) make the report publicly available, as described in section 5(3) of that Act.

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History: Section 10A: inserted, on 1 December 2003, by section 6 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 119).   Section 10A(3): replaced, on 21 March 2019, by section 5 of the Local Government Regulatory Systems Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 6).     Section 10A(4): repealed, on 21 March 2019, by section 5 of the Local Government Regulatory Systems Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 6).