Australian Capital Territory
Domestic Animals (Cat Containment) Declaration 2017 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2017–199
made under the
Domestic Animals Act 2000, s 81 (Declaration of cat containment)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 81 of the Domestic Animals Act 2000 (the Act) permits the Minister to declare an area as an area where cats must be confined to their keeper’s or carer’s premises at all times or during stated times.  Before declaring a cat containment area, section 81 (1) of the Act requires that the Minister must be satisfied that cats in the area are a serious threat to native flora or fauna in the area.

This declaration updates the list of already-declared cat containment areas with the inclusion of the new Gungahlin suburb of Taylor.  The Minister is satisfied that cats are a serious threat to native fauna in Taylor.

The declaration now also incorporates the division of Jacka into one list of cat containment areas. It had previously been listed separately because it had a different commencement date. However it is now fitting to list it together with the other areas as the declaration of the division of Jacka as a cat containment area has since commenced (on 1 January 2017).

Clause 3 (2) of the declaration provides that cats within declared cat containment areas must be confined to their keeper’s or carer’s premises at all times.

The declaration commences on the day after the last day when it could have been disallowed by the Legislative Assembly, as required by section 81 (3) (a) of the Act.  

The declaration revokes the Domestic Animals (Cat Containment) Declaration 2015 (No 2) (DI2015-58).