If you get an infringement notice from a territorial authority, they can keep a record of it until you pay the fee. You have to pay the infringement fee in full before they can get rid of the record. This rule applies even if other parts of the Dog Control Act say something different.
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30: Maintenance of records and provision of information, or
"Councils must keep and share information about dog owners and their dogs"
30A: Prohibition on import of dogs listed in Schedule 4, or
"Some dog breeds are banned from entering New Zealand, check the rules before bringing a dog in."
A territorial authority may retain any record in relation to an infringement notice issued by it until the infringement fee (or, as the case may be, the fine) has been paid in full.
Subsection (1) applies despite anything to the contrary in this Act.
