New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 61

61 Orders relating to dog seen worrying stock

1 Where complaint is made to the District Court by the owner of any stock or poultry, or the occupier of any land on which there is stock or poultry, that any dog has been seen at large among that stock or poultry, the court, if it is satisfied as to the grounds of the complaint, may order the owner to keep the dog under proper restraint or make an order for the destruction of the dog.

2 Every person who fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1) requiring that person to keep a dog under proper restraint commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150 for every day during which the default has continued; and, in addition, the court may make an order for the destruction of the dog.

Note: 1982 No 42 s 60

History: Section 61(1): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).   Section 61(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).