Dog and Cat Management Regulations 2017

Where a guard dog is kept at premises for the purpose of guarding or protecting a person or property at those premises, the person in whose name the dog is individually registered or, if the dog is used in a business registered under the Act, the owner or operator of the business must—

notify the council for the area in which the premises are situated of—

the address of the premises; and

the times and periods during which the dog will be kept at the premises for that purpose; and

a telephone number on which a person who is responsible for the control of the dog can be contacted at any time in relation to the dog;

ensure that there is displayed in a conspicuous position at the premises at all times while the dog is at the premises for that purpose a telephone number on which a person who is responsible for control of the dog can be contacted at any time in relation to the dog. Maximum penalty: $2 500. Expiation fee: $170.

Notice under subregulation (1)(a)—

must be given orally or in writing within 24 hours after the dog is first kept at premises as referred to in that subregulation;

if given orally, must be confirmed in writing within