Dog Control Act 1996

Probationary owners

23A: Territorial authority may require probationary owner to undertake training

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"Council can make new dog owners take a training course"

If you are classified as a probationary owner under section 21, the territorial authority can require you to take a dog owner education programme or a dog obedience course, or both. You will have to pay for this yourself. The territorial authority must approve the programme or course you take. If you do not take the required programme or course without a good reason, you can be fined up to $3,000. You will be considered to have committed an offence if you do not comply with the territorial authority's requirement.

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23ATerritorial authority may require probationary owner to undertake training

  1. If a person is classified as a probationary owner under section 21, the territorial authority may require the person to undertake, at his or her own expense, a dog owner education programme or a dog obedience course (or both) approved by the territorial authority.

  2. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1).

Notes
  • Section 23A: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 119).
  • Section 23A(1): amended, on , by section 5(1) of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 61).
  • Section 23A(2): added, on , by section 5(2) of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 61).
  • Section 23A(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).