Dog Act 1976

A dog may be registered by the local government of the district in which —

the dog is ordinarily kept; or

the dog is deemed to be ordinarily kept pursuant to section 9 or section 10(2),

The form of application prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) shall require the applicant to provide —

the name, residential address and contact details of the owner of the dog; and

the address of the premises where the dog will ordinarily be kept; and

a statement that the dog will be effectively confined in or at those premises; and

if the dog is microchipped —

the name of the microchip database company for the dog; and

the microchip’s unique identification number for the dog;

a statement as to whether the dog is kept, or is to be kept, as a commercial security dog; and

a statement as to whether the owner is subject to an order under section 46A(2).

Nothing in subsection (1BA) prevents a form prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) requiring an applicant to provide additional information.

Where a dog is ordinarily kept by a person under the age of 18 years, application for registration of that dog shall be made by his parent or guardian or some other person who is over the age of 18 years and any registration shall be in the name of the applicant.

The registration officer on receipt of an application duly made under subsection (1) shall —

effect the registration in accordance with this Act; or

where the local government so directs, refuse the application and refund the fee, if any,

If on an order under section 46A(2) a person is banned from owning or keeping a dog —

the registration officer of the local government district in which a dog is registered in the person’s name is to cancel the registration of the dog in the person’s name; and

a registration officer of any local government is not to effect or renew the registration of a dog in the person’s name during the period to which the order applies.

The local government may direct the registration officer to refuse to effect or renew the registration of a dog, and may direct that the registration of a dog shall be cancelled, if —

the applicant, the owner, or the registered owner, as the case may be, has been convicted, or has paid a modified penalty, within the previous 3 years in respect of 2 or more offences against any of this Act, the Cat Act 2011 or the Animal Welfare Act 2002; or

the dog in question has been shown to the satisfaction of the local government to be destructive, unduly mischievous, or to be suffering from a contagious or infectious disease; or

the local government is not satisfied that the dog is, or will be, effectively confined in or at premises where the dog is, or will be, ordinarily kept; or

the dog is required under section 21 or 22 to be microchipped but is not microchipped; or

the dog is a dangerous dog.

The registration officer may cancel the registration of a dog if it is proved to his satisfaction that the dog has died or has been removed from the State.

Where the registration of a dog is refused, not renewed or cancelled pursuant to subsection (3) the local government shall forthwith notify the applicant or the person in whose name the registration was effected, and that notification shall be accompanied by a statement in writing of the grounds upon which the decision of the local government was made.

The registration of a dog under this Act has effect throughout the State notwithstanding that the dog may be removed to another district of the State.

On effecting or renewing any registration, the registration officer shall deliver to the applicant —

a certificate in the prescribed form acknowledging the fee paid and specifying the registration number allocated to each dog, the term of the relevant registration period, and a description of each dog so registered; and

in respect of each dog so registered, a registration tag of the prescribed kind.