Conservation Act 1987

Control of dogs

26ZZR: Power of warranted officer to request information

You could also call this:

"What happens when an officer asks for your details in a controlled dog area"

If you are in a controlled dog area with a dog, a warranted officer can ask you for your name, address, and date of birth. They can also ask for the dog owner's name and address if you are not the owner. You must give this information to the officer if they ask for it.

If you do not give the officer the information they ask for, or if you give them false information, you can get a fine of up to $1,500. This is because you are breaking the law by not giving the officer the information they need.

A warranted officer who is also a constable can arrest you without a warrant if they think you have broken the law by not giving them information or by giving them false information, and if they have already warned you about this. They must have a good reason to think you have broken the law again after they warned you. The law about fines was changed by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

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Part 5CControl of dogs

26ZZRPower of warranted officer to request information

  1. Any warranted officer may, for the purposes of dog control in any controlled dog area, request any person who is in that controlled dog area and who appears to be in charge of any dog to state his or her own name, address, and date of birth, and, where that person claims not to be the owner of the dog, to state the name and address of the owner of the dog.

  2. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 who, without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to comply with any lawful request under subsection (1), or wilfully states a false name or address or date of birth in response to such a request.

  3. Any warranted officer who is a constable and who—

  4. has good cause to suspect that an offence against subsection (2) has been committed by any person; and
    1. has warned that person of the provisions of this subsection; and
      1. has good cause to suspect that a further offence against subsection (2) has been committed by that person subsequent to the warning,—
        1. may arrest that person without a warrant.

        Notes
        • Section 26ZZR: inserted, on , by section 3 of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 14).
        • Section 26ZZR(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).