New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 36

36 Application for registration

1 Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), every person who owns a dog shall make an application to the territorial authority in whose district the dog is ordinarily kept to register the dog not later than the first day of every registration year.

1A Every person who owns a dog classified as a working dog under paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of working dog in section 2 must identify the dog accordingly in the application to register the dog.

2 Where a dog is of the age of 3 months or less, the application to register the dog shall be made before the dog attains the age of 3 months.

3 Where an unregistered dog is purchased or otherwise acquired, the application to register the dog shall be made forthwith or before the day on which the dog attains the age of 3 months, whichever is the later.

4 Every application to register a dog shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the owner of the dog.

5 The territorial authority shall supply every owner from whom it has received an application form with—

a) a copy of the application form or a statement setting out—

i) the obligations of the owner under sections 52 and 54 ; and

ii) any other obligations imposed on the owner; and

iii) such other information (if any) relating to the administration of this Act as the territorial authority considers desirable; and

b) a copy of the policy for the time being in force under section 10 .

Note: 1982 No 42 s 36 ; 1990 No 27 s 43

History: Section 36(1A): inserted, on 28 June 2006, by section 16 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 23).   Section 36(3): amended, on 7 July 2004, by section 16 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 61).