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Dog Control Act 1996

Registration and registration fees

46: Issue of label or disc and completion of registration

You could also call this:

"Getting a tag for your dog when you register it"

When you register your dog, the council will give you a receipt and a label or disc for your dog's collar if you have filled out the form correctly and paid the fee. You will get this label or disc unless registering your dog would break the rules in section 23 or section 28. When you get the label or disc, your dog is officially registered.

You must put the label or disc on your dog's collar so it is easy to see. If the label or disc gets lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, you can get a replacement from the council if you pay the right fee.

If you try to get a replacement label or disc when you know the original one is still okay, you can get in trouble and have to pay a fine of up to $3,000.

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46Issue of label or disc and completion of registration

  1. On receipt of the properly completed application form and the applicable dog control fee, the territorial authority shall, unless the registration of that dog in the ownership of that person would be in breach of section 23 or section 28, issue to the owner of the dog a receipt for the fee paid and a label or disc for the registration year, and, upon the issue of such label or disc, registration shall be deemed to have been duly made.

  2. The owner of the dog shall ensure that the label or disc issued by the territorial authority is attached to a collar worn on the neck of the dog so registered.

  3. If the authority is satisfied that a current label or disc for any dog has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, it shall, on receipt of the appropriate fee, issue a replacement label or disc.

  4. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 who procures or attempts to procure a replacement label or disc for any dog knowing that a current label or disc for that dog has not been lost or stolen.

Compare
  • 1982 No 42 s 43
Notes
  • Section 46(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
  • Section 46(4): amended, on , by section 27 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 119).