New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 33EB

33EB Territorial authority (other than classifying authority) may require neutering of menacing dog

1 This section applies if—

a) a dog is classified by a territorial authority as a menacing dog under section 33A or 33C ; and

b) the territorial authority does not require it to be neutered under section 33E(1)(b) ; and

c) the dog is later registered with any other territorial authority.

2 No later than 1 month after the dog is registered with the other territorial authority, that territorial authority may require, by written notice, the owner of the dog to produce to the territorial authority a certificate issued by a veterinarian certifying—

a) that the dog has been neutered; or

b) that for reasons that are specified in the certificate, it will not be in a fit condition to be neutered before a date specified in the certificate.

3 The owner must produce the certificate to the territorial authority no later than 1 month after receiving the notice.

4 If a certificate under subsection (2)(b) is produced to the territorial authority, the owner of the dog must produce to the territorial authority, no later than 1 month after the date specified in that certificate, a further certificate under subsection (2).

History: Section 33EB: inserted, on 28 June 2006, by section 14 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 23).