New Zealand Legislation: Acts

10A Territorial authority must report on dog control policy and practices

• (1) A territorial authority must, in respect of each financial year, report on the administration of—

  • (a) its dog control policy adopted under section 10; and

  • (b) its dog control practices.

  (2) The report must include, in respect of each financial year, information relating to—

  • (a) the number of registered dogs in the territorial authority district:

  • (b) the number of probationary owners and disqualified owners in the territorial authority district:

  • (c) the number of dogs in the territorial authority district classified as dangerous under section 31 and the relevant provision under which the classification is made:

  • (d) the number of dogs in the territorial authority district classified as menacing under section 33A or section 33C and the relevant provision under which the classification is made:

  • (e) the number of infringement notices issued by the territorial authority:

  • (f) the number of dog related complaints received by the territorial authority in the previous year and the nature of those complaints:

  • (g) the number of prosecutions taken by the territorial authority under this Act.

  (3) The territorial authority must give public notice of the report—

  • (a) by means of a notice published in—

    • (i) 1 or more daily newspapers circulating in the territorial authority district; or

    • (ii) 1 or more other newspapers that have at least an equivalent circulation in that district to the daily newspapers circulating in that district; and

  • (b) by any means that the territorial authority thinks desirable in the circumstances.

  (4) The territorial authority must also, within 1 month after adopting the report, send a copy of it to the Secretary for Local Government.

  Section 10A was inserted, as from 1 December 2003, by section 6 Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 119).