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Dog Control Act 1996

Registration and registration fees

39: Refund and reduction of fees

You could also call this:

“Getting your dog registration money back if your dog dies or you're struggling financially”

If you pay to register your dog and it dies before the year starts, you can get a full refund of the fee you paid. If your dog dies during the year, you can get a refund of part of the fee. The amount of the refund depends on how many complete months are left in the registration year when you ask for the refund. You can ask the territorial authority for a refund and they will work it out.

The territorial authority can also decide to reduce or refund the dog registration fee if you are having financial problems or if there are special reasons to do so. They can make this decision for you or for a group of people in a similar situation. This means they can choose to reduce or refund the fee even if it is not normally allowed.

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39Refund and reduction of fees

  1. Where the fee for the registration of any dog for any year is paid and the dog dies before the commencement of or during that year, the territorial authority shall refund, upon request, in the case of a dog that dies before the commencement of the year, the full fee paid, and, in the case of a dog that dies during the year, the appropriate part of that fee.

  2. The part fee refundable under subsection (1) shall be calculated on the basis of the number of complete months remaining in the registration year after the date of the request for the refund.

  3. Notwithstanding anything in this or any other provision of this Act, the territorial authority may remit, reduce, or refund the dog control fee or part of the fee in any particular case or class of cases by reason of the financial circumstances of the owner or where it is satisfied that there are special grounds for doing so.

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  • 1982 No 42 s 51
  • 1990 No 27 s 46