Mataranka Community Government Council (Control of Dogs) By-Laws 1992

(1) Where a pound manager who takes custody of a dog that has been seized under these By‑laws:

(a) receives advice from a veterinarian that the dog is, or is suspected of being, diseased; or

the pound manager shall:

(2) The Council shall serve on the owner, if known, of a dog isolated under clause (1) written notice that the dog is or is suspected of being diseased and that the Council:

(b) requires the dog to undergo a course of treat‑ment specified in the notice.

(3) In addition to clause (2), the Council may, in the notice served under that clause, require the owner of the dog to produce to the Council, within the time specified in the notice, a report, prepared by a veterinarian or a person specified in the notice, relating to:

(a) the diseased dog, where the dog is not required to be destroyed; or

(b) all other dogs usually kept at the premises at which the diseased dog was kept.

(4) A dog the subject of a notice under this by‑law may be released from the pound in accordance with by–law 38 subject to such conditions as the Council thinks fit.

(5) The owner of a dog who contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement of a notice served on him or her under clause (2), or a condition subject to which the dog is released under clause (4), is guilty of an offence.

(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these By‑laws, a pound manager may destroy a dog in a pound if the dog is so diseased or injured that it is humane to destroy it.

(7) The cost of treatment reasonably provided by a pound manager to a diseased animal, and to any other animal in the pound that was infected or was at risk of being infected by the diseased animal before the manager could reasonably isolate it, is a debt due and payable by the owner of the diseased animal to the Council.