11ENotice requiring permit for companion animal

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.

(2) The owner of the companion animal must comply with the notice.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of a cat—50 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a dangerous dog or restricted dog—60 penalty units.

(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).

pt 2A, divs 1–3 (ss 11B–11N): Ins 2018 No 27, Sch 1 [6].