sec.59Purpose of ch 4 and its achievement

sec.59 Purpose of ch 4 and its achievement

The purposes of this chapter are to— protect the community from damage or injury, or risk of damage or injury, from regulated dogs; and ensure regulated dogs are— not a risk to community health or safety; and controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals. The purposes are to be achieved primarily by the following— providing for local governments to declare dogs to be dangerous dogs or menacing dogs; providing for the compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dogs; providing for identification of dogs as regulated dogs; imposing conditions on keeping, and requirements for the control of, regulated dogs; allowing authorised persons to seize or destroy dogs in particular circumstances; providing for local governments to administer, and be responsible for, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) . s 59 amd 2024 No. 17 s 38 (sec.59-ssec.1) The purposes of this chapter are to— protect the community from damage or injury, or risk of damage or injury, from regulated dogs; and ensure regulated dogs are— not a risk to community health or safety; and controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals. (sec.59-ssec.2) The purposes are to be achieved primarily by the following— providing for local governments to declare dogs to be dangerous dogs or menacing dogs; providing for the compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dogs; providing for identification of dogs as regulated dogs; imposing conditions on keeping, and requirements for the control of, regulated dogs; allowing authorised persons to seize or destroy dogs in particular circumstances; providing for local governments to administer, and be responsible for, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) .

• (a) protect the community from damage or injury, or risk of damage or injury, from regulated dogs; and
• (b) ensure regulated dogs are— (i) not a risk to community health or safety; and (ii) controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals.
• (i) not a risk to community health or safety; and
• (ii) controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals.
• (i) not a risk to community health or safety; and
• (ii) controlled and kept in a way consistent with community expectations and the rights of individuals.
• (a) providing for local governments to declare dogs to be dangerous dogs or menacing dogs;
• (b) providing for the compulsory desexing of declared dangerous dogs;
• (c) providing for identification of dogs as regulated dogs;
• (d) imposing conditions on keeping, and requirements for the control of, regulated dogs;