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Domestic Animals Act 1994
12ADogs and cats must be permanently identified before sale or being given away
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12A Dogs and cats must be permanently identified before sale or being given away
S. 12A(1) substituted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(1).
(1) A person must not sell, or give away, a dog or cat unless the dog or cat has been implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device.
S. 12A(1A) inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(1).
(1A) It is not an offence under subsection (1) for a person to give away a dog or cat that is not implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device to a shelter or pound.
S. 12A(2) inserted by No. 75/2011 s. 5, substituted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(2), repealed by No. 69/2017 s. 101.
S. 12B inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 102, amended by No. 3/2022 s. 14 (ILA s. 39B(1)).