AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

DOG CONTROL REGULATIONS

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 21 of 1985

Section 32 of the Dog Control Ordinance 1975 (the Ordinance) provides that a dog seized by an inspector may be sold.  Section 32A of the Ordinance provides for the estimated purchase price to be the sum of charges made by determination under section 40A of the Ordinance, and an amount estimated by the Registrar, to be the likely veterinary fees in relation to the dog.

The dog Control regulations (Amendment) (the amending Regulations) amend the Dog Control Regulations (the principal Regulations) by:

•	omitting references to estimated purchase price, except in relation to the final adjustment of the purchase price under Regulation 6.

•	substituting a new Regulation 6 in the principal regulations, which provides that the difference between the veterinary surgeon’s fees and that part of the estimated purchase price referred to in section 32A(2)(b) of the Ordinance, may be charged to the purchaser, or refunded to the purchaser as the case may be.

•	inserting in the regulation a provision giving the expression ‘estimated purchase price’ the same meaning as to sub-section 32A(2) of the Ordinance.