69Diseased dog or cat

69 Diseased dog or cat (1) The CEO must make arrangements for any impounded dog or cat that is suspected of being infected with a contagious disease to be isolated from any other dog or cat in the pound. (2) The CEO must take reasonable steps to give the owner of a dog or cat isolated under clause (1) written notice: (a) stating the reasons for isolating it; and (b) warning that it must either undergo a course of treatment specified in the notice or be destroyed. (3) The CEO may, in the notice given under clause (2), require the owner of the dog or cat to have a report prepared and given to the CEO on the condition of the dog or cat and any other animals kept at the same premises. (4) If required under clause (3), the owner must: (a) have the report prepared by a veterinarian or other person specified in the notice; and

City of Darwin By-laws 2023 37 (b) give the report to the CEO within the time specified in the (5) A dog or cat that is isolated under this by-law may be released from the pound in accordance with by-law 68, subject to any conditions the CEO considers appropriate. (6) The cost of treatment reasonably provided by the City to a diseased dog or cat in the pound infected or at risk of being infected by the diseased dog or cat before it could reasonably be isolated, is a debt payable by the owner of the diseased dog or cat to the City. (7) An owner of a dog or cat commits an offence if the owner: (a) fails to comply with clause (4); or (b) fails to comply with a condition imposed under clause (5). Note for clause (7) (8) An offence against clause (7) is an offence of strict liability.