sec.9Who is an owner of a cat or dog

sec.9 Who is an owner of a cat or dog

Each person as follows is an owner of a cat or dog— a person who is— the registered owner of the dog; or if a local government makes a local law requiring cats to be registered—identified as the owner of the cat under the local law; a person who owns the cat or dog, in the sense of it being the person’s personal property; a person who usually keeps the cat or dog, including through an agent, employee or anyone else; if a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) is a child—a parent or guardian of the child. For subsection (1) (c) , a person does not usually keep a cat or dog— merely because the person occupies a place at which the cat or dog is kept if someone else who is an adult and lives at the place keeps it; or if the person keeps the cat or dog as an employee of someone else and the person is acting within the scope of the employment; or merely because the person is an inspector under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 or is performing functions, or exercising powers, in that capacity under that Act. If a person owns a female cat or dog and the female has offspring, the person is taken to be the offspring’s owner immediately after its birth. s 9 amd 2009 No. 17 s 290 ; 2013 No. 41 s 32 ; 2016 No. 28 s 71 sch 1 (sec.9-ssec.1) Each person as follows is an owner of a cat or dog— a person who is— the registered owner of the dog; or if a local government makes a local law requiring cats to be registered—identified as the owner of the cat under the local law; a person who owns the cat or dog, in the sense of it being the person’s personal property; a person who usually keeps the cat or dog, including through an agent, employee or anyone else; if a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) is a child—a parent or guardian of the child. (sec.9-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (c) , a person does not usually keep a cat or dog— merely because the person occupies a place at which the cat or dog is kept if someone else who is an adult and lives at the place keeps it; or if the person keeps the cat or dog as an employee of someone else and the person is acting within the scope of the employment; or merely because the person is an inspector under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 or is performing functions, or exercising powers, in that capacity under that Act. (sec.9-ssec.3) If a person owns a female cat or dog and the female has offspring, the person is taken to be the offspring’s owner immediately after its birth.

• (a) a person who is— (i) the registered owner of the dog; or (ii) if a local government makes a local law requiring cats to be registered—identified as the owner of the cat under the local law;
• (i) the registered owner of the dog; or
• (ii) if a local government makes a local law requiring cats to be registered—identified as the owner of the cat under the local law;