Dog Control Act 1996

Dog control officers and dog rangers

13: Dog control officer and dog ranger to produce warrant of authority and evidence of identity

You could also call this:

"Dog control officers must show their ID and work papers when asked"

If you are a dog control officer or dog ranger, your employer must give you a warrant of appointment. This warrant shows the areas where you can use your powers. You must carry your warrant and identification with you when you are working. If someone asks, you must show them your warrant and identification to prove who you are and what you can do.

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Topics:

Crime and justice > Police and safety

12: Dog rangers, or

"People in charge of a city or district can choose dog rangers to help with dog control."

14: Power of entry, or

"When can dog control officers enter someone's property to check on dogs?"

13Dog control officer and dog ranger to produce warrant of authority and evidence of identity

Every dog control officer and dog ranger shall be supplied by his or her employer with a warrant of appointment as a dog control officer or dog ranger, as the case may be, and that warrant shall clearly show the district or districts in respect of which the dog control officer or dog ranger may exercise his or her powers.
Every dog control officer or dog ranger who exercises or purports to exercise any power conferred by this Act shall carry, and shall produce if required to do so, his or her warrant of appointment and evidence of his or her identity.

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1982 No 42 s 14(1), (3)