Dog Control Act 1996

Menacing dogs

33EB: Territorial authority (other than classifying authority) may require neutering of menacing dog

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"Council can ask you to neuter your menacing dog when you move to a new area."

If a dog is classified as a menacing dog under section 33A or 33C, and the territorial authority does not require it to be neutered under section 33E(1)(b), you need to know what happens if the dog is later registered with another territorial authority. The new territorial authority can ask you to get a certificate from a veterinarian saying the dog has been neutered. You must get this certificate within one month of the dog being registered with the new territorial authority.

If the veterinarian says the dog cannot be neutered yet, they will give a certificate with a date when the dog can be neutered. You must give this certificate to the territorial authority within one month of getting the request from them. Then, you must get another certificate from the veterinarian by the date they specified, saying the dog has been neutered or why it still cannot be neutered.

You have to give the new certificate to the territorial authority within one month of the date specified by the veterinarian. The territorial authority will use these certificates to check if your dog has been neutered. You must follow these rules if you own a menacing dog that is registered with a new territorial authority.

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33EBTerritorial authority (other than classifying authority) may require neutering of menacing dog

  1. This section applies if—

  2. a dog is classified by a territorial authority as a menacing dog under section 33A or 33C; and
    1. the territorial authority does not require it to be neutered under section 33E(1)(b); and
      1. the dog is later registered with any other territorial authority.
        1. No later than 1 month after the dog is registered with the other territorial authority, that territorial authority may require, by written notice, the owner of the dog to produce to the territorial authority a certificate issued by a veterinarian certifying—

        2. that the dog has been neutered; or
          1. that for reasons that are specified in the certificate, it will not be in a fit condition to be neutered before a date specified in the certificate.
            1. The owner must produce the certificate to the territorial authority no later than 1 month after receiving the notice.

            2. If a certificate under subsection (2)(b) is produced to the territorial authority, the owner of the dog must produce to the territorial authority, no later than 1 month after the date specified in that certificate, a further certificate under subsection (2).

            Notes
            • Section 33EB: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 23).