Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019

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Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019

Public Act
 
2019 No 75
Date of assent
 
13 December 2019
Commencement
 
see section 2

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Principal Act

This Act amends the Dog Control Act 1996 (the principal Act).

4 New section 66A and cross-heading inserted

After section 66, insert:

Category 1 offences

66A Jurisdiction for category 1 offences

(1)

The District Court presided over by 2 or more Justices of the Peace has jurisdiction in respect of any category 1 offence under this Act.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to the offences described in the following sections:

(a)

section 32(2):

(b)

section 57(2):

(c)

section 57A(2):

(d)

section 61(2):

(e)

section 62(4):

(f)

section 78(3).

(3)

In this section, category 1 offence has the same meaning as in section 6(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

Legislative history

3 May 2018

Introduction (Bill 57–1)

5 September 2018

First reading and referral to Primary Production Committee

12 April 2019

Reported from Primary Production Committee

13 November 2019

Second reading

4 December 2019

Committee of the whole House

10 December 2019

Third reading

13 December 2019

Royal assent

This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.