Schedule 1:
Infringement offences and fees

Schedule 2:
Enactments amended

Schedule 3:
Enactments repealed

Schedule 4:
Breed and type of dog subject to ban on importation and muzzling

Schedule 5:
Organisations authorised to certify dogs as disability assist dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

1: Short Title and commencement

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"The Dog Control Act 1996: what it's called and when it started"

This Act is called the Dog Control Act 1996. You can refer to it by this name when talking about it. The Act started on 1 July 1996, except for some specific parts, which are mentioned in sections 10(9) and 37(9), you can find these parts by looking at the links to sections 10(9) and 37(9).

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Dog Control Act 1996, or

"Keeping People and Animals Safe from Harmful Dogs"

2: Interpretation, or

"What words mean in the Dog Control Act 1996"

1Short Title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Dog Control Act 1996.
Except as provided in sections 10(9) and 37(9), this Act shall come into force on 1 July 1996.