Title: Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) AmendmentBill 2007
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: parliamentary.copy
Document comments: ha85

House of Assembly—No 85
As laid on the table and read a first time, 22 November 2007

Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007

Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007
Part 1—Preliminary

Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007
Preliminary—Part 1

Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007
Part 2—Amendment of Dog and Cat Management Act 1995

Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007
Amendment of Dog and Cat Management Act 1995—Part 2

South Australia
Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Bill 2007
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Dog and Cat Management Act 1995
4	Amendment of section 26A—Plans of management relating to dogs and cats

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Dog and Cat Management (Council Plans of Management) Amendment Act 2007.
2—Commencement
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3—Amendment provisions
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Dog and Cat Management Act 1995
4—Amendment of section 26A—Plans of management relating to dogs and cats
	(1)	Section 26A(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
	(2)	A plan of management must—
	(a)	in relation to dogs—include provisions for parks where dogs may be exercised off‑leash and for parks where dogs must be under effective control by means of physical restraint and may include provisions for parks where dogs are prohibited; and
	(b)	in relation to cats—include provisions for the control of unidentified cats and for public education in relation to measures for the proper control of cats by their owners and for council monitoring of such measures.
	(2)	Section 26A—after subsection (5) insert:
	(6)	A council must, on or before 1 July in every year—
	(a)	forward to the Minister, the LGA and the Board a report on the operation of the council's plan of management during the preceding financial year; and
	(b)	publish a copy of the report on a website maintained by the council.

HA GP 141-B: the Hon Bob Such MP