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200 As per Regulations 2 3.6 Failure to comply with conditions of approval to keep additional dog or dogs 200 500 3 4.7 Failure to comply with the conditions of a licence 200 200 4 6.2 Dog excreting in prohibited place 100 100 ———— The Common Seal of the Shire of Chittering was affixed in the presence of—

6 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1507 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.4 Definitions PART 2—CAT CONTROL 2.1 Cats not to be a nuisance 2.2 Cat prohibited areas PART 3—PERMITS FOR KEEPING CATS 3.1 Interpretation 3.2 Prescribed premises 3.3 Standard number of cats 3.4 Cats for which a permit is required 3.5 Application for permit 3.6 Refusal to determine application 3.7 Factors relevant to the determination of application 3.8 Decision on application 3.9 Conditions 3.10 Compliance with conditions of permit 3.11 Duration of a permit 3.12 Revocation 3.13 Permit not transferable 3.14 Permit to be kept at premises and available for view PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS 4.1 Giving of an infringement notice PART 5—OBJECTIONS AND APPEALS 5.1 Objections and appeal rights PART 6—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 6.1 Offences 6.2 Prescribed offences 6.3 Forms SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3

6 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1509 Under the powers conferred by the Cat Act 2011, the Local Government Act 1995 and by all other powers enabling it, the Council of the Shire of Chittering resolved on 19 April 2023 to make the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Chittering Keeping and Control of Cats Local Law 2023. 1.4 Definitions In this local law unless the context otherwise requires— Act means the Cat Act 2011; applicant means the occupier of the premises who makes an application for a permit under this local law; authorised person means a person authorised by the local government, under section 9.10 of the Local Government Act 1995 to perform the functions conferred on an authorised person under this local law; cat means an animal of the species felis catus or a hybrid of that species; cat management facility means– (a) a facility operated by a local government that is, or may be, used for keeping cats; (b) a facility for keeping cats that is operated by a person or body prescribed; or (c) a facility for keeping cats that is operated by a person or body approved in writing by a local government; cat prohibited area means an area as outlined in Schedule 3; cattery means any premises where more than 6 cats are kept, bred, boarded, housed, or trained temporarily, whether for profit or otherwise, and where the occupier of the premises is not the ordinary owner of the cats; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government; effective control in relation to a cat means any of the following methods– (a) held by a person who is capable of controlling the cat; (b) securely Tethered; (c) secured In A Cage; Or (d) any other means of preventing escape; nuisance means– (a) an activity or condition which is harmful or annoying and which gives rise to legal liability in the tort of public or private nuisance at law; (b) an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of a person of his or her ownership or occupation of land; or (c) Interference which causes material damage to land or other property on the land affected by the interference; occupier has the meaning given to it in the Local Government Act 1995; owner, in relation to a cat, has the meaning given to it in the Act; permit means a permit issued by the local government under Part 3; permit holder means a person who holds a valid permit under Part 3; premises includes the following— (a) land (whether or not vacant);