Dog Control Act 2000

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act – an averment in a complaint that a specified person was the owner of a dog or that any dog was at any specified time unregistered is evidence of those matters; and the onus of proving that a dog was registered at the material time or was under the age of 6 months is on the person making that assertion; and a sample from a dog, collected and analysed in accordance with section 19AA or section 19AC, is evidence of the identity of that dog; and a microchip implanted in a dangerous dog is evidence of the identity of that dog.

Except as provided in section 11(2), a dog without a collar bearing a registration disc is taken to be an unregistered dog.

Proof that a person is the occupier of any premises where a dog is kept is evidence that the person is the owner of the dog.

In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, a copy of, or extract from, any entry in a register certified by the general manager is evidence of the matters so certified.