Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 15

    (1)     The keeper or carer of a registered dog commits an offence if—

        (a)     the keeper or carer is with the dog on private premises (other than premises occupied by the keeper or carer); and

        (b)     the dog is not wearing its registration tag or another tag that shows its registration number.

Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units.

    (2)     The keeper or carer of a registered dog must not be in a public place with the dog if the dog is not wearing its registration tag or another tag that shows its registration number.

Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units.

    (3)     The keeper of a registered dog commits an offence if the dog—

        (a)     is in a public place or on private premises (other than premises occupied by the keeper); and

        (b)     is not with a carer; and

        (c)     is not wearing its registration tag or another tag that shows its registration number.

Maximum penalty: 3 penalty units.

    (4)     A person must not take off a dog the dog's registration tag, or another tag that shows the dog's registration number, if the person does not have the consent of the dog's keeper.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (5)     The keeper of a dog must not allow the dog to wear—

        (a)     a registration tag that was not issued for the dog; or

        (b)     another tag that purports to show the dog's registration number if the number is not the dog's registration number.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (6)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (7)     Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply if the dog is not wearing its registration tag, or another tag that shows its registration number—

        (a)     on the advice of a veterinary surgeon given for the dog's health or welfare; or

        (b)     in circumstances approved, in writing, by the registrar.