New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 65

65 Infringement offences

1 In this Act,
"infringement offence" means an offence specified in Schedule 1 .

2 Where any person is alleged to have committed an infringement offence, that person may either—

a) be proceeded against by filing a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 ; or

b) be served with an infringement notice as provided in section 66 .

History: Section 65(1): amended, on 7 July 2004, by section 22 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 61).   Section 65(2)(a): replaced, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).