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4B  Criteria for considering responsible dog or cat management, care or control

For this Act, the registrar in considering whether a person has failed, or is unable, to exercise responsible dog or cat management, care or control—

(a) must consider—

(i) any conviction or finding of guilt of the person within the last 10 years against a law of a Territory or State for an offence relating to the welfare, keeping or control of an animal; and

(ii) any non-compliance with—

(A) a special licence held by the person; or

(B) a control order issued to the person; and

(b) may consider any other relevant matter.

3G  Section 7

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7  Registration—approval or refusal

(1) If an application for registration has been made in accordance with section 6, the registrar must, by written notice to the applicant—

(a) register the dog; or

(b) refuse to register the dog.

(2) For subsection (1) (b), the registrar—

(a) must refuse to register the dog if the applicant is disqualified from keeping a dog or any other animal; or

Note  Section 138A deals with the disqualification of a person from keeping an animal.

(b) may refuse to register the dog if—

(i) the dog is not implanted with an identifying microchip as required under this Act; or

(ii) the dog is not de-sexed as required under this Act; or

(iii) the registrar reasonably believes that the applicant has failed, or is unable, to exercise responsible dog management, care or control.

3H  Section 11 heading

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11  Registration numbers and certificates 

3I  Section 11 (1) (b)

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and registration tag

3J  Section 11 (3)

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3K  Section 11 (4)

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or tag

3L  Change of keeper

  Section 12 (1) and (2), penalty

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