Domestic Animals Regulations 2025

The owner of a dog that has not been implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device before any one of the following events occurs must, within 7 days of the dog being implanted with such a device, forward the prescribed identifying information to the Council with which the dog is or is to be registered—

the dog by virtue of the operation of section 34A of the Act becomes a dangerous dog;

the dog is declared under section 34 of the Act to be a dangerous dog and an application for review of the declaration is not made under section 98(2) of the Act to VCAT within the time specified in section 98(2A) of the Act;

the dog is affirmed by VCAT as a dangerous dog;

the dog is declared under section 41A of the Act to be a menacing dog and an application for review of the declaration is not made under section 98(2) of the Act to VCAT within the time specified in section 98(2A) of the Act;

the dog is affirmed by VCAT as a menacing dog;

the dog is declared under section 10(3) of the Act to be a restricted breed dog;

the dog is declared under section 98A of the Act to be a restricted breed dog and an application for review of the declaration is not made under section 98(2AA) of the Act to VCAT within the time specified in section 98(2A) of the Act;

the dog is affirmed by VCAT as a restricted breed dog.

The owner of a dog that has been implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device before any one of the events referred to in subregulation (1)(a) to (h) occurs must, within 7 days of that event, forward the information required under regulations 20(a)(i) to (xi) and (b) to the Council with which the dog is or is to be registered.