45When Local Court can declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog

45 When Local Court can declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog

45 When Local Court can declare dog to be dangerous or menacing dog

(1) The Local Court may declare a dog to be a dangerous dog if the Court is satisfied that—

(a) the dog is dangerous, or

Note.

Section 33 sets out the meaning of “dangerous” in relation to a dog for the purposes of this Act.

(b) the dog has been declared a dangerous dog under a law of another State or a Territory that corresponds with this Act.

(1A) The Local Court may declare a dog to be a menacing dog if the Court is satisfied that—

(a) the dog is menacing because of any observed behaviour of the dog, or

(b) the dog is of a menacing breed or kind of dog (or a cross-breed of a menacing breed or kind of dog), or

(c) the dog has been declared a menacing dog under a law of another State or a Territory that corresponds with this Act.

(2) (Repealed)

s 45: Subst 2006 No 101, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 3; 2013 No 86, Sch 1 [41]; 2019 No 1, Sch 2.7.