Companion Animals Act 1998
44Local Court has power to declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog
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44 Local Court has power to declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog
44 Local Court has power to declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog
(1) In any proceedings under this Act before the Local Court (other than an appeal against a declaration by an authorised officer of a council that a dog is a dangerous dog or against a refusal by a council to revoke such a declaration), the Court may declare a dog to be a dangerous dog or a menacing dog.
(2) A declaration by the Local Court has effect throughout the State.
Note.
Section 11 requires the owner of a dog to notify the Departmental Chief Executive when a dangerous dog or menacing dog declaration is made or revoked by the Local Court.
s 44: Am 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [30]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2013 No 86, Sch 1 [21] [40]; 2018 No 27, Sch 1 [1].