Dog Control Act 1996

Registration and registration fees

41A: Dead dogs

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"Telling lies about a dog being dead can get you in trouble and cost you up to $3,000."

If you tell a territorial authority that a dog is dead when you know it is not, you can get in trouble. You can be fined up to $3,000 if you are found guilty. This happens when you make a false written statement about a dog being dead to a territorial authority.

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41ADead dogs

  1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 who makes any written statement to a territorial authority to the effect that a dog is dead knowing that statement to be false.

Notes
  • Section 41A: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 23).
  • Section 41A: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).