Offences in relation to identification device
28 Offences in relation to identification device
If a person (who is not the owner of the dog) without reasonable cause removes an identification device from a registered dog, he or she commits an offence.
If a registered dog is at large without an identification device, the owner of the dog commits an offence.
It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against clause (2) if the owner of the dog proves that the identification device was removed:
without the owner's permission and the owner had not had sufficient opportunity to replace the identification device; or
for a reasonable cause and the cause was still existent at the date of the alleged offence.
If a person fits an identification device to a dog that is not the dog for which the identification device was issued, he or she commits an offence.
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