Dog Control Act 1996

Objects

4: Objects

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"What this law is trying to achieve: keeping dogs and people safe"

The objects of this Act are to make better provision for the care and control of dogs. You will see this happen by requiring the registration of dogs and making special rules for dangerous and menacing dogs. This Act also aims to ensure dogs do not cause problems for people or animals.

This Act imposes rules on dog owners to stop dogs from being a nuisance or hurting people. It also stops dogs from hurting stock, poultry, domestic animals, or protected wildlife.

The Act also deals with damage caused by dogs, which affects you if you own a dog or if a dog causes damage to your property.

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4Objects

  1. The objects of this Act are—

  2. to make better provision for the care and control of dogs—
    1. by requiring the registration of dogs; and
      1. by making special provision in relation to dangerous dogs and menacing dogs; and
        1. by imposing on the owners of dogs, obligations designed to ensure that dogs do not cause a nuisance to any person and do not injure, endanger, or cause distress to any person; and
          1. by imposing on owners of dogs obligations designed to ensure that dogs do not injure, endanger, or cause distress to any stock, poultry, domestic animal, or protected wildlife; and
          2. to make provision in relation to damage caused by dogs.
            Notes
            • Section 4(a)(ii): amended, on , by section 4 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 119).