50Keeping several dogs

50 Keeping several dogs

[Section 50 Substituted by No. 55 of 2017, s. 26, Applied:20 Dec 2017]

(1)  A person, without a licence, must not keep or allow to be kept, for any period of time, on any premises –

(a) more than 2 dogs, other than working dogs, over the age of 6 months; or

(b) more than 4 working dogs over the age of 6 months.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to any dog in excess of the number of dogs specified in subsection (1) if –

(a) the dog is owned by a person who does not usually reside at the premises; and

(b) the dog is being kept at the premises for a limited, or temporary, period that is agreed upon, by both the owner of the dog and the person with responsibility for the premises, before the dog is left at the premises; and

(c) no consideration has been or is to be paid, in respect of the dog staying at the premises, to the person keeping dogs on the premises.

(3)  In this section –

consideration includes monetary or non-monetary consideration;

owner in relation to a dog, means the person who apparently has control of the dog at the relevant time.