South Australian Consolidated Acts

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 88

88—Evidence

In proceedings for an offence against this Act—

            (a)         an allegation in the complaint that—

                  (i)         at a specified time a person owned or was responsible for the control of the dog; or

                  (ii)         a dog was a dog of a prescribed breed; or

                  (iii)         a dog of a prescribed breed was not at a specified time desexed; or

                  (iv)         that a person was at a specified time a dog management officer or cat management officer,

will be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary; and

            (b)         the onus of proving that a dog was registered or was at a specified time under the age of 3 months lies on the person making that assertion.