Tennant Creek (Control of Dogs) By-Laws 1992

(1) A person who seizes a dog under these By‑laws that is diseased, or a veterinarian or the Registrar (with the advice of a veterinarian if available) who examines an impounded dog and finds the dog to be diseased, shall notify the manager of the pound that the dog is diseased.

(2) The manager of the pound, on being notified under clause (1) or on noticing that a dog is diseased shall immediately:

(b) by notice in writing served on the owner, if known, of the diseased dog advise the owner that the dog is or is suspected of being diseased and require the dog:

(3) In addition to clause (2)(b), the manager of the pound may, in the notice served under that clause, require the owner to produce to the manager of the pound, within the time specified in the notice, a report prepared by a veterinarian or 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 ordinarily kept at the premises at which the diseased dog was kept.

(3) A dog the subject of a notice under this by‑law may be released from the pound in accordance with by‑law 40 subject to such conditions, if any, as the Registrar thinks fit.

(4) The owner of a dog who contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement contained in a notice served on the owner under clause (2) or a condition subject to which the dog is released under clause (3) is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: $200.

(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these By‑laws, the manager of the pound may destroy a dog in the pound:

(a) if the dog is so diseased or injured that it is humane to destroy it; or

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