Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Bill

  • enacted
4 New section 64A66A and cross-heading inserted

After section 6466, insert:

Category 1 offences

64A66A Jurisdiction for category 1 offences

(1)

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

(2)

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

(a)

section 32(2):

(b)

section 54(2):

(c)

section 57(2).:

(d)

section 57A(2):

(e)

section 61(2):

(f)

section 62(4):

(g)

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.