New Zealand Legislation: Acts

5 Obligations of dog owners

• (1) The obligations imposed on dog owners by this Act require every owner of a dog—

  • (a) to ensure that the dog is registered in accordance with this Act, and that all relevant territorial authorities are promptly notified of any change of address or ownership of the dog:

  • (b) to ensure that the dog is kept under control at all times:

  • (c) to ensure that the dog receives proper care and attention and is supplied with proper and sufficient food, water and shelter:

  • (d) to ensure that the dog receives adequate exercise:

  • (e) to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the dog does not cause a nuisance to any other person, whether by persistent and loud barking or howling or by any other means:

  • (f) to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the dog does not injure, endanger, intimidate, or otherwise cause distress to any person:

  • (g) to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the dog does not injure, endanger, or cause distress to any stock, poultry, domestic animal, or protected wildlife:

  • (h) to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the dog does not damage or endanger any property belonging to any other person:

  • (i) to comply with the requirements of this Act and of all regulations and bylaws made under this Act.

  (2) Nothing in this Act limits the obligations of any owner of a dog to comply with the requirements of any other Act or of any regulations or bylaws regulating the control, keeping, and treatment of dogs.