Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Domestic Animals Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2018-12

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 28 June 2018.
Gordon Ramsay
Minister
Mick Gentleman
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Domestic Animals Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2018-12
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Section 4, note 1	1
	5	Section 9 (b) (iii)	1
	6	Schedule 1	2
	7	Dictionary, definition of registration tag	8

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Domestic Animals Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2018 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation 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	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Magistrates Court (Domestic Animals Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005.
4	Section 4, note 1
substitute
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere.
For example, the signpost definition ‘registrar—see the Domestic Animals Act 2000, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘registrar’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
5	Section 9 (b) (iii)
omit
6	Schedule 1
substitute
Schedule 1	Domestic animals legislation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 8)
Part 1.1	Domestic Animals Act 2000

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
description of offence	column 4
offence penalty (penalty units)	column 5
infringement penalty ($)	
1 	12 (1)	former keeper fail to tell registrar of change of ownership of dog	10	250	
2 	12 (2)	new keeper of dog for longer than 28 days fail to tell registrar	10	250	
3 	14 (1) (a)	keeping unregistered dog	15	350	
4 	14 (1) (b)	keeping of registered dog by person not registered keeper	15	350	
5 	16 (1)	registered keeper fail to tell registrar of change of address 	5	150	
6 	16 (2)	registered keeper fail to tell registrar of change of address where registered dog kept	5	150	
7 	18 (1)	keeping multiple dogs without licence	50	750	
8 	21 (5)	multiple dog licence—fail to comply with condition prescribed under s 21 (4) (a)	50	750	
9 	23 (1)	keeping dangerous dog without licence	100	1 500	
10 	23 (1)	dangerous dog licence—fail to comply with condition prescribed under s 26 (3) (a)	100	1 500	
11 	27 (1)	unmuzzled dangerous dog in public place—carer	20	500	
12 	27 (2)	dangerous dog in public place without carer—keeper	20	500	
13 	28 (1)	fail to display dangerous dog warning sign	5	150	
14 	39D (1) (a)	keep unregistered racing greyhound	50	1 000	
15 	39D (1) (b)	keeping of registered racing greyhound by person not registered keeper or licensed racing greyhound controller	50	1 000	
16 	39G (1)	have day-to-day control of racing greyhound without holding racing greyhound controller licence	50	1 000	
17 	39G (2)	fail to comply with condition of racing greyhound controller licence	50	750	
18 	41 (5)	taking dog into prohibited area	5	150	
19 	42 (1)	taking dog into grounds of child-care centre etc	15	350	
20 	42 (2)	taking dog into grounds of high school etc	10	150	
21 	42 (3)	taking dog onto sporting field etc where sport etc being played	10	150	
22 	42 (4)	taking dog into public place within 10m of certain things	10	150	
23 	44 (1)	dog not on leash in public place—keeper/carer	15	250	
24 	44 (2)	dog not under effective control in public place—keeper/carer	15	250	
25 	44 (3)	dog without carer in public place—keeper	15	350	
26 	45 (1)	dog off leash on private premises without occupier’s consent—carer	10	250	
27 	45 (3)	dog off leash on private premises without occupier’s consent—keeper	10	250	
28 	45 (5)	dog without carer on private premises without occupier’s consent—keeper	15	350	
29 	46 (1)	not hygienically disposing of faeces	5	150	
30 	46 (2)	not carrying equipment for hygienic disposal of faeces	5	75	
31 	47 (1)	female dog on heat in public place— keeper/carer	15	350	
32 	49A (1)	dog attacks or harasses person/animal—carer	50	500	
33 	49A (2)	dog attacks or harasses person/animal—keeper	50	500	
34 	53CB (2)	fail to give carer copy of control order—keeper	50	350	
35 	53E (1)	control order—fail to comply with order prescribed under s 53CA (a)	50	500	
36 	56A (6)	home impoundment direction—fail to comply with condition prescribed under s 56A (4) (a)	50	750	
37 	60 (6)	home impoundment direction—fail to comply with condition prescribed under s 60 (4) (a)	50	750	
38 	72 (1)	breeding dog or cat without licence	50	1 500	
39 	72 (2)	breeding racing greyhound without licence	50	1 500	
40 	72K (1)	breeding and selling dog or cat without licence	50	1 500	
41 	72K (2)	licensed breeder fail to include breeding licence number when advertising sale of dog or cat	10	250	
42 	72M (1)	fail to report breeding of litter of greyhounds	10	300	
43 	74 (1)	keeping dog not de‑sexed without permit	50	500	
44 	74 (2)	keeping cat not de‑sexed without permit	50	350	
45 	74A (1)	sale of older dog or cat not de-sexed	50	500	
46 	79 (1)	fail to produce permit for not de‑sexed dog or cat within 24 hours	5	150	
47 	82 (1)	cat in breach of cat containment—keeper/carer	10	300	
48 	84 (1)	keeping dog or cat without prescribed form of identification	15	450	
49 	84 (2)	selling dog or cat without prescribed form of identification	15	450	
50 	112 (7)	fail to comply with nuisance notice	5	150	
51 	134A (2)	fail to comply with request to produce animal for inspection	50	650	

Part 1.2	Domestic Animals Regulation 2001

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
description of offence	column 4
offence penalty (penalty units)	column 5
infringement penalty ($)	
1 	9A (1)	keeping multiple cats without licence	20	500	
2 	11 (1) 	selling or supplying fake identifying microchip	10	300	
3 	15 (1)	person not vet or authorised identifier implanting identifying microchip in dog or cat	10	150	
4 	15 (2)	implanting microchip in dog or cat that is not identifying microchip	10	50	
5 	16 (3)	implanting identifying microchip not in accordance with code	10	300	
6 	17 (1)	operator of animal shelter or pound not scanning dog or cat for identifying microchip within 3 days after day dog or cat enters shelter or pound	10	150	
7	Dictionary, definition of registration tag
omit

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 29 June 2018.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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