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Dog Control Act 1996

Dog control officers and dog rangers

11: Dog control officers

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"Who can be a dog control officer in your area"

You live in a area with a council that must choose one or more people to be dog control officers. The council can also make a deal with someone else to provide a dog control officer for your area, as stated in section 16(2). The council can appoint other staff to help with dog control too.

When a council chooses a dog control officer, they must make sure the person is competent to do the job. This means the council must think the person has the right education and experience to perform the duties and use the powers of a dog control officer.

The council wants to make sure the dog control officer can do their job properly, so they check the person's education and experience before appointing them.

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11Dog control officers

  1. Every territorial authority shall appoint 1 or more dog control officers or enter into an agreement under section 16(2) for the provision of the services of a dog control officer in its district, and may appoint such other staff as it considers necessary for the purposes of this Act.

  2. No person shall be appointed as a dog control officer unless the territorial authority or the person making the appointment on behalf of the territorial authority is satisfied, having regard to the education and experience of the person to be appointed, that that person is competent to perform the duties and exercise the powers of a dog control officer under this Act.

Compare
  • 1982 No 42 s 9
  • 1992 No 9 s 3(4)