Australian Capital Territory
Domestic Animals (Validation of Fees) Act 2006
A2006-11

An Act to validate certain fees

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Domestic Animals (Validation of Fees) Act 2006.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Validation of fees
	(1)	A fee mentioned in subsection (2) collected by the Territory for the purchase of an impounded dog is taken to have been validly collected under a determination under the Domestic Animals Act 2000, section 144 that was, when the fee was collected, valid for all purposes as if the determination had been properly—
	(a)	made by the Minister under the Domestic Animals Act 2000, section 144; and
	(b)	notified under the Legislation Act, section 61; and
	(c)	presented to the Legislative Assembly under the Legislation Act, section 64 (1).
	(2)	For subsection (1), the fees are—
	(a)	for a dog purchased in the period beginning on 21 June 2001 and ending on 30 June 2003—$38.50; and
	(b)	for a dog purchased in the period beginning on 1 July 2003 and ending on 8 February 2006—$45.00.
4	Expiry of Act
This Act expires on the day after its notification day.
Note	If a law validates something that is or may otherwise be invalid, the validating effect of the law does not end merely because of the repeal of the law (see Legislation Act, s 88 (1) (b)).

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 16 February 2006.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 5 April 2006.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Domestic Animals (Validation of Fees) Bill 2006, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 28 March 2006.

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

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