Domestic Animals Act 2000

This section applies if the registrar reasonably believes that a dog—

is an unacceptable risk to the safety of the public or other animals; and

cannot be reasonably rehoused, retrained or otherwise rehabilitated so that the dog is no longer an unacceptable risk to the safety of the public or other animals.

The registrar may decide to destroy the dog.

The registrar may destroy the dog if—

the registrar gives the dog’s keeper written notice of the decision to destroy the dog; and

the dog’s keeper—

does not, within 7 days after the day the notice is given (the application period), apply to the ACAT under section 120 for review of the decision; or

applies to the ACAT under section 120 for review of the decision within the application period and the registrar’s decision to destroy the dog is confirmed.

The registrar must give a reviewable decision notice for s (2) to the keeper and must also take reasonable steps to give a reviewable decision notice to any other person whose interests are affected by the decision (see s 119 and ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 67A).