24Requirement for registration of nuisance and other animals

24 Requirement for registration of nuisance and other animals

24 Requirement for registration of nuisance and other animals

(1) If an order is issued in respect of an animal under section 31 or 32A of the Act and the animal is not otherwise required to be registered under the Act, the council of the area in which the animal is ordinarily kept may, by notice in writing given to the owner of the animal, direct that the animal must be registered under the Act before a specified date (being a date not less than 7 days after the notice is given).

(2) If a person is convicted of an offence under the Act or pays an amount under section 92 of the Act, the council of the area in which any companion animal currently owned by the person is kept may, by notice in writing given to the person, direct that any such animal that is not otherwise required to be registered under the Act must be registered under the Act before a specified date (being a date not less than 7 days after the notice is given).

(3) An animal to which a notice under this clause applies must be registered under the Act before the date as specified in the notice.

Note.

Section 10 of the Act allows the regulations to require a particular class or description of companion animal (not otherwise required to be registered) to be registered, and makes the owner of such an animal guilty of an offence if it is not registered.