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Companion Animals Act 1998
11ENotice requiring permit for companion animal
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#### 11E Notice requiring permit for companion animal
11E Notice requiring permit for companion animal
> > (1) If this Division requires a permit to own a companion animal, the council of the area in which the animal is ordinarily kept may give the owner of the animal a notice, in the approved form, requiring the owner to apply for a permit in relation to the animal within 14 days after the date the notice is given.
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> > (2) The owner of the companion animal must comply with the notice.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) in the case of a cat—50 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) in the case of a dangerous dog or restricted dog—60 penalty units.
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> > (3) A notice under this section may be given on more than one occasion to the owner of a companion animal (but only after an interval of at least 3 months since the last such notice was given).
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> **pt 2A, divs 1–3 (ss 11B–11N):** Ins 2018 No 27, Sch 1 \[6\].