South Australia
Dog and Cat Management Act 1995
An Act to provide for the management of dogs and cats; and for other purposes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
3	Objects
4	Interpretation
5	Owner of dog
6	Person responsible for control of dog
7	Dog wandering at large
8	Meaning of effective control of dog by means of physical restraint
9	Non-application of Act to certain dogs owned by Crown 
Part 2—Dog and Cat Management Board and Fund
Division 1—Establishment of Board
10	Establishment of Board
11	Ministerial control
Division 2—Membership of Board and procedures
12	Composition of Board
13	Deputies of members
14	Conditions of membership
15	Vacancies or defects in appointment of members
16	Remuneration
17	Proceedings
18	Disclosure of interest
19	Common seal and execution of documents
20	Immunity of members
Division 3—Operations of Board
21	Functions of Board
21A	Accreditation of disability dogs, guide dogs etc
22	Powers of Board
23	Operational plans, budgets and information
24	Annual report
Division 4—Dog and Cat Management Fund
25	Dog and Cat Management Fund
Part 3—Administration of provisions relating to dogs
26	Council responsibility for management of dogs
26A	Plans of management relating to dogs and cats
27	Appointment of dog management officers
28	Identification of dog management officers
29	Area limitation on council dog management officers
30	General powers of dog management officers
31	Offence to hinder etc dog management officers
31A	Medical practitioner must notify Board of certain injuries resulting from dog attacks
32	Offences by dog management officers
32A	Failure on part of council to discharge responsibilities 
Part 4—Registration of dogs
33	Dogs must be registered
34	Registration procedure for individual dogs
35	Registration procedure for businesses involving dogs
36	Duration and renewal of registration
37	Notifications to ensure accuracy of registers
38	Transfer of ownership of dog
39	Rectification of register
40	Dog to be properly identified
41	Applications and fees
42	Records to be kept by approved boarding kennels
Part 5—Management of dogs
Division 1—Offences relating to duties of owners and others responsible for control of dog
43	Dogs not to be allowed to wander at large
44	Dogs not to be allowed to attack etc
45	Transporting unrestrained dogs in vehicles
45A	Miscellaneous duties relating to dogs
Division 1A—Offences relating to specific duties of owners and others responsible for control of certain dogs
45B	Specific duties relating to dogs of prescribed breed 
45C	Specific duties relating to greyhounds
45D	Specific duties relating to attack trained dogs, guard dogs and patrol dogs
45E	Board may exempt persons from specific duties under this Division
Division 1B—Court's power to make orders in criminal proceedings
47	Court's power to make orders in criminal proceedings
Division 2—Action to protect person or property against dogs
48	Power to protect persons or property from dogs
Division 3—Council powers to make destruction and control orders
50	Destruction and control orders
51	Grounds on which orders may be made
52	Procedure for making and revoking orders
53	Directions about how to comply with order
54	Application of orders and directions
55	Contravention of order
56	Notification to council
57	Notification of order to proposed new owner of dog
58	Appeal
59	Power of court to order destruction or control of dog on application
Division 3A—Prohibition orders
59A	Prohibition orders
59B	Contravention of Prohibition Order
59C	Appeal against Prohibition Order
Division 4—Seizure and detention of dogs
60	Power to seize and detain dogs
61	Procedure following seizure of dog
62	Limits on entitlement to return of dog
63	Destruction or disposal of seized dog
64	Recovery of costs of seizure, detention or destruction
Part 6—Civil actions relating to dogs
65	Ownership and responsibility for control of dogs in civil actions
66	Liability for dogs1
67	Court's power to make orders relating to dogs in civil actions
Part 7—Management of cats
Division 1—Cat management officers
68	Cat management officers appointed by Board or council
69	Identification of cat management officers
70	Area limitation on cat management officers
71	Offences by cat management officers
Division 2—Cats in remote or fragile areas
72	Reserves and wilderness
73	Sanctuaries and other designated areas
74	Remote areas
75	Notification to owner of identified cat
Division 3—Unidentified cats in other areas
76	Other areas
Division 4—Miscellaneous
77	Unlawful entry on land
78	Offence to hinder
79	Offence to interfere with cat identification
80	No liability for lawful action against cat
Part 8—Miscellaneous
81	Disability dogs, guide dogs etc
81A	Interference with dog in lawful custody
82	False or misleading statements
83	No liability for lawful action against dog
84	Immunity from personal liability
85	Continuing offences
86	General defences
87	Service of notices and documents
88	Evidence
88A	Liability of vehicle owners in relation to transporting unrestrained dogs
89	Appropriation of penalties
90	By-laws
91	Regulations
Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
2	Transitional provisions
3	Membership of Board vacated1
4	Renewal of registration
5	Control (Dangerous Dog) Orders
Legislative history

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 Act 1995.
3—Objects
The objects of this Act are—
	(a)	to encourage responsible dog and cat ownership;
	(b)	to reduce public and environmental nuisance caused by dogs and cats;
	(c)	to promote the effective management of dogs and cats (including through encouragement of the desexing of dogs and cats).
4—Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
accredited means accredited by the Board under section 21A;
area of a council, means—
	(a)	in relation to a municipal or district council—the area in relation to which the council is constituted;
	(b)	in relation to a body declared by regulation to be a council (or part of a council) for the purposes of this Act—the area specified by regulation in relation to the body;
	(c)	in relation to the Outback Areas Community Development Trust—the area in relation to which the Outback Areas Community Development Trust is constituted;
attack trained dog means a dog trained, or undergoing training, to attack a person on command;
Board means the Dog and Cat Management Board established under Part 2;
cat means an animal of the species felis catus;
cat management officer means a person holding office as a cat management officer under Part 7;
corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth that provides for the registration of dogs;
council means—
	(a)	a municipal council;
	(b)	a district council;
	(c)	the Outback Areas Community Development Trust;
	(d)	a body declared by regulation to be a council for the purposes of this Act;
dangerous dog means a dog in relation to which—
	(a)	a council has made a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order; or
	(b)	a court has made an order the terms of which generally correspond to a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order;
disability dog means a dog trained and used, or undergoing training to be used, for the purpose of assisting a person who is wholly or partially disabled;
dispose of includes sell or give away;
dog means an animal of the species canis familiaris but does not include a dingo or cross of a dingo;
dog management officer means—
	(a)	a member of the police force; or
	(b)	a person holding office as a dog management officer under Part 3;
effective control of a dog—see section 8;
Fund means the Dog and Cat Management Fund established under Part 2;
guard dog means a dog that is kept on premises primarily for the purpose of guarding or protecting a person or property at those premises;
guide dog means a dog trained and used, or undergoing training to be used, for the purpose of guiding a person who is wholly or partially blind;
hearing dog means a dog trained and used, or undergoing training to be used, for the purpose of assisting a person who is wholly or partially hearing disabled;
identified cat means a cat identified in the manner set out in the regulations;
LGA means the Local Government Association of South Australia;
Magistrates Court means the Magistrates Court of South Australia;
occupier, in relation to premises, means a person who has, or is entitled to, possession or control of the premises;
own a dog—see section 5;
park means a park, garden, reserve or other similar public open space, or a foreshore area, within the area of a council;
patrol dog means a dog that, under the control of a person, patrols premises for the purpose of guarding or protecting a person or property at those premises;
premises includes—
	(a)	land;
	(b)	a part of any premises or land;
prescribed breed means any of the following breeds:
	(a)	American Pit Bull Terrier;
	(b)	Fila Braziliero;
	(c)	Japanese Tosa;
	(d)	Dogo Argentina;
	(e)	Presa Canario;
private place means a place that is not a public place;
public place means a place to which the public has access (whether an admission fee is charged or not);
public passenger vehicle means a vehicle or vessel used for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or reward;
registered veterinary surgeon means a person registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1985;
registration disc means a disc, badge, tag or other device issued or to be issued in respect of a dog registered under this Act;
registration fee—see section 26(6);
responsible for the control of a dog—see section 6;
stock inspector means a person appointed as an inspector under the Livestock Act 1997;
unidentified cat means a cat that is not identified in the manner set out in the regulations;
wandering at large in relation to a dog—see section 7.
5—Owner of dog
	(1)	In proceedings for an offence against this Act, if it appears from a register under this Act or a corresponding law that a dog was registered at or before the time of the alleged offence, the person in whose name the dog was last registered in that register will be taken to have owned the dog at the time of the alleged offence unless it is proved that the dog was subsequently (but before that time) registered in the name of another person in another register under this Act or a corresponding law.
	(2)	In proceedings for an offence against this Act, if a dog (whether registered or unregistered) is shown to have been habitually in the apparent ownership of a person, that person will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to have owned and to continue to own the dog.
6—Person responsible for control of dog
	(1)	For the purposes of this Act, a person is responsible for the control of a dog while the person has possession or control of the dog.
	(2)	In proceedings for an offence against this Act, if it is proved that immediately before the alleged offence the dog was in company with or had been seen continuously and closely following a person, the person will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to have had possession or control of the dog at the time of the alleged offence.
	(3)	In proceedings for an offence against this Act, an occupier of premises in which a dog was kept or permitted to live at the time of the alleged offence will be taken to have had possession or control of the dog at that time unless it is proved that another person of or over 16 years of age had possession or control of the dog at that time.
7—Dog wandering at large
	(1)	For the purposes of this Act, a dog will be taken to be wandering at large while—
	(a)	the dog is in a public place (other than a park) or a private place without the consent of the occupier, and no person is exercising effective control of the dog by means of physical restraint; or
	(b)	the dog is in a park and no person is exercising effective control of the dog either—
	(i)	by means of physical restraint; or
	(ii)	by command, the dog being in close proximity to the person and the person being able to see the dog at all times.
	(2)	However a dog will not be taken to be wandering at large while—
	(a)	the dog is being used in the droving or tending of stock or is going to or returning from a place where it will be, or has been, so used; or
	(b)	the dog is being trained for, or participating in, an organised activity being a race, trial, class or show or in retrieving, hunting or other sporting exercise customarily involving the running of one or more dogs; or
	(c)	the dog is in a vehicle.
8—Meaning of effective control of dog by means of physical restraint
For the purposes of this Act, a person is exercising effective control of a dog by means of physical restraint if—
	(a)	the person is exercising effective control of the dog by means of a chain, cord or leash that does not exceed 2 metres in length restraining the dog; or
	(b)	the person has effectively secured the dog—
	(i)	by placing it in a cage, vehicle or other object or structure; or
	(ii)	by tethering it to a fixed object by means of a chain, cord or leash that does not exceed 2 metres in length.
9—Non-application of Act to certain dogs owned by Crown 
This Act does not apply in relation to a dog owned by or on behalf of the Crown (in right of the Commonwealth or the State) and used for security, emergency or law enforcement purposes.

Part 2—Dog and Cat Management Board and Fund
Division 1—Establishment of Board
10—Establishment of Board
	(1)	The Dog and Cat Management Board is established.
	(2)	The Board is a body corporate.
	(3)	The Board is an instrumentality of the Crown and holds its property on behalf of the Crown.
	(4)	If a document appears to bear the common seal of the Board, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Board was duly affixed to the document.
11—Ministerial control
	(1)	Subject to subsection (2), the Board is subject to the control and direction of the Minister.
	(2)	No Ministerial direction can be given to suppress information or recommendations from a report by the Board under this Act.
	(3)	A direction given by the Minister under this section must be in writing and may only be given after consultation with the LGA.
	(4)	If the Minister gives a direction under this section, the Board must cause a statement of the fact that the direction was given to be published in its next annual report.

Division 2—Membership of Board and procedures
12—Composition of Board
	(1)	The Board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor, of whom—
	(a)	six will be persons nominated by the LGA; and
	(b)	one will be a person nominated by the Minister.
	(2)	The members of the Board nominated by the LGA must include—
	(a)	three persons who together have, in the LGA's opinion, the abilities and experience required for the effective performance of the Board's functions; and
	(b)	three persons—
	(i)	who together have the following attributes:
	(A)	veterinary experience in the care and treatment of dogs or cats;
	(B)	a demonstrated interest in the welfare of dogs or cats;
	(C)	a demonstrated interest in the keeping and management of dogs or cats; and
	(ii)	who have been selected from a panel of persons nominated, in accordance with the directions of the Minister, by associations or bodies that, in the opinion of the Minister, have a relevant interest.
	(3)	If the LGA fails to nominate a person within 8 weeks of a written request for the nomination from the Minister, the Governor may appoint a person nominated by the Minister and that person will be taken to have been duly appointed as a member of the Board.
	(4)	At least one member of the Board must be a woman and one a man.
	(5)	One member (who must be one of the members representing the LGA) will be appointed by the Governor to chair the Board.
13—Deputies of members
	(1)	The Governor may appoint a person to be the deputy of a member of the Board and to act as a member of the Board during any period of absence of the member (and a reference in this Act to a member of the Board will be taken to include, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a deputy while acting as a member of the Board).
	(2)	The appointment of a deputy is subject to the same nomination requirements as the appointment of the member.
14—Conditions of membership
	(1)	A member of the Board—
	(a)	is appointed on conditions determined by the Governor; and
	(b)	is appointed for a term, not exceeding 3 years, specified in the instrument of appointment; and
	(c)	is, at the expiration of a term of appointment, eligible for reappointment.
	(2)	The Governor may remove a member of the Board from office on the recommendation of the Minister (after consultation with the LGA).
	(3)	The office of a member of the Board becomes vacant if the member—
	(a)	dies; or
	(b)	completes a term of office and is not reappointed; or
	(c)	resigns by written notice to the Minister; or
	(d)	is convicted of an indictable offence or sentenced to imprisonment for an offence; or
	(e)	is removed from office under subsection (2).
	(4)	If the office of a member of the Board becomes vacant for some reason other than the expiry of the term of office of the member, a person nominated for appointment to the office under section 12 will be appointed to fill the vacancy and to hold office, subject to this Act, for the remainder of the term.
15—Vacancies or defects in appointment of members
An act of the Board is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy in its membership or a defect in the appointment of a member.
16—Remuneration
A member of the Board is entitled to remuneration, allowances and expenses determined by the Governor.
17—Proceedings
	(1)	A quorum of the Board consists of 4 members.
	(2)	The member appointed to chair the Board will preside at meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.
	(3)	If the member appointed to chair the Board is absent from a meeting of the Board, the following provisions apply:
	(a)	if another person has been appointed as that member's deputy and is present at the meeting—the deputy will preside at the meeting;
	(b)	in any other case—a member chosen by the members present at the meeting will preside at the meeting.
	(4)	A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by members at a meeting is a decision of the Board.
	(5)	Each member present at a meeting of the Board has one vote on any question arising for decision and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote.
	(6)	The Board must cause accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings.
	(7)	Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.
18—Disclosure of interest
	(1)	A member of the Board who has a direct or indirect pecuniary or personal interest in a matter under consideration by the Board—
	(a)	must disclose the nature of the interest to the Board; and
	(b)	must not take part in any deliberations or decision of the Board in relation to that matter.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
	(2)	A member will not be taken to have a direct or indirect interest in a matter for the purposes of this section by reason only of the fact that the member has an interest in a matter that is shared in common with the other members.
	(3)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) if it is proved that the defendant was not, at the time of the alleged offence, aware of his or her interest in the matter.
	(4)	A disclosure under this section must be recorded in the minutes of the Board and reported to the Minister.
	(5)	If, in the Minister's opinion, a particular interest or office is of such significance that the holding of the interest or office is not consistent with the proper discharge of the duties of a member, the Minister may (after consultation with the LGA) direct the member either to divest himself or herself of the interest or office or to resign from the Board.
	(6)	If a member discloses an interest in a proposed contract under this section and takes no part in any deliberations or decision of the Board on the contract—
	(a)	the contract is not liable to be avoided by the Board; and
	(b)	the member is not liable to account for profits derived from the contract.
	(7)	The annual report must include any disclosure made during the relevant financial year by a member of the Board of an interest in a matter under consideration or decided by the Board.
19—Common seal and execution of documents
	(1)	The common seal of the Board must not be affixed to a document except in pursuance of a decision of the Board, and the affixing of the seal must be attested by the signatures of 2 members.
	(2)	The Board may, by instrument under the common seal of the Board, authorise a person (whether or not a member or employee of the Board and whether nominated by name or by office or title) to execute documents on behalf of the Board subject to conditions and limitations (if any) specified in the instrument of authority.
	(3)	Without limiting subsection (2), an authority may be given so as to authorise 2 or more persons to execute documents jointly on behalf of the Board.
	(4)	A document is duly executed by the Board if—
	(a)	the common seal of the Board is affixed to the document in accordance with this section; or
	(b)	the document is signed on behalf of the Board by a person or persons in accordance with an authority given under this section.
20—Immunity of members
	(1)	A member of the Board incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in the performance or purported performance of functions or duties under this Act.
	(2)	A civil liability that would, but for this section, attach to a member attaches instead to the Crown.

Division 3—Operations of Board
21—Functions of Board
	(1)	The Board has the following functions:
	(a)	to plan for, promote, and provide advice about, the effective management of dogs and cats throughout South Australia;
	(b)	to oversee the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Act relating to dogs, including—
	(i)	monitoring the administration and enforcement of this Act by councils; and
	(ii)	issuing guidelines and providing advice to councils about—
	(A)	planning for the effective management of dogs;
	(B)	training for dog management officers;
	(C)	the appropriate level of administration and enforcement in the circumstances prevailing in the area;
	(D)	the issuing of orders or related directions under this Act;
	(E)	the standard of facilities used for the detention of dogs under this Act;
	(F)	the keeping of registers under this Act and the issuing of certificates of registration and registration discs;
	(G)	any other matter related to the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this Act relating to dogs; and
	(iii)	otherwise providing support and assistance to councils;
	(ba)	to accredit dogs as disability dogs, guide dogs or hearing dogs;
	(c)	to inquire into and consider all proposed by-laws referred to it under this Act, with a view to promoting the effective management of dogs and cats, and, to the extent that the Board considers it appropriate, the consistent application of by-laws throughout South Australia;
	(d)	to advise the Minister or the LGA, either on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister or the LGA, on the operation of this Act or issues directly relating to dog or cat management in South Australia;
	(e)	to undertake or facilitate research relating to dog or cat management;
	(f)	to undertake or facilitate educational programs relating to dog or cat management;
	(g)	to keep this Act under review and make recommendations to the Minister with respect to the Act and regulations made under the Act;
	(h)	to carry out any other function assigned to the Board by the Minister or by or under this Act.
	(2)	The Board's functions may extend to providing the following services as the Board thinks fit:
	(a)	the accreditation of training programs for dogs and owners;
	(b)	the accreditation of procedures for testing the behaviour of dogs;
	(c)	the carrying out of any other function relating to responsible dog and cat ownership or the effective management of dogs and cats.
	(3)	The Board may fix a fee for providing a service under subsection (2).
21A—Accreditation of disability dogs, guide dogs etc
	(1)	The Board may, on application, accredit a dog, or renew the accreditation of a dog, as—
	(a)	a disability dog; or
	(b)	a guide dog; or
	(c)	a hearing dog.
	(2)	An application for accreditation must—
	(a)	be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the fee fixed by the Board.
	(3)	An applicant must provide the Board with any information required by the Board for the purpose of determining the application.
	(4)	Accreditation of a dog remains in force for the life of the dog unless it is earlier revoked by the Board or surrendered by the owner of the dog.
	(5)	The Board must maintain a register of dogs accredited under this section by the Board (which may be kept in the form of a computer record) that is to be readily available for public inspection without fee.
	(6)	The Board may only revoke the accreditation of a dog if the Board is satisfied that—
	(a)	the dog's ill-health, injury or advanced age prevents the dog from carrying out its functions as a disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog (as the case may be); or
	(b)	the dog is temperamentally unsuitable to continue to be accredited as a disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog (as the case may be); or
	(c)	the owner of the dog is unable to maintain effective control of the dog (whether by command or by means of physical restraint).
22—Powers of Board
	(1)	The Board has the powers necessary or incidental to the performance of its functions.
	(2)	The Board may, for example—
	(a)	enter into any form of contract or arrangement; and
	(b)	acquire, hold, deal with and dispose of real and personal property; and
	(c)	employ staff or make use of the services of staff employed in the public or private sector; and
	(d)	engage consultants or other contractors; and
	(e)	establish committees (consisting of members, other persons or a combination of members and others) and assign to the committees advisory functions; and
	(f)	require councils to provide information relating to the administration or enforcement of this Act.
23—Operational plans, budgets and information
	(1)	The Board must, from time to time, prepare and submit to the Minister—
	(a)	a budget setting out estimates of the income of, and expenditure from, the Fund for the next financial year or for some other period determined by the Minister; and
	(b)	a plan of the Board's proposed operations for the next financial year or for some other period determined by the Minister; and
	(c)	a report on any matter relevant to the administration of this Act.
	(2)	The plan, budget or report must conform with any requirements of the Minister as to its form and the information that it is to contain.
	(3)	The Minister may, after consulting the LGA, approve a budget submitted under this section with or without modification.
	(4)	The Board may not expend money unless provision for the expenditure is made in a budget approved under this section or unless the expenditure is approved by the Minister after consultation with the LGA.
24—Annual report
	(1)	The Board must, on or before 30 September in every year, forward to the Minister, the LGA and each council a report on the Board's operations for the preceding financial year.
	(2)	The report must contain—
	(a)	the audited statements of account of the Fund for the preceding financial year; and
	(b)	a report on the status of dog and cat management in South Australia; and
	(c)	any other information required by or under the provisions of this Act or any other Act.
	(3)	The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving a report under this section, cause a copy of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

Division 4—Dog and Cat Management Fund
25—Dog and Cat Management Fund
	(1)	The Dog and Cat Management Fund is established.
	(2)	The Fund is to be kept and administered by the Board.
	(3)	The Fund consists of—
	(a)	the money held in the Dog Control Statutory Fund immediately before the commencement of this Act; and
	(b)	money required to be paid into the Fund under this Act (representing a proportion of dog registration fees received by councils);1 and
	(c)	any other money received by the Board; and
	(d)	interest accruing from investment of the Fund.
	(4)	The Fund may be applied by the Board in making payments—
	(a)	towards the cost of establishing or maintaining facilities used for the detention of dogs under this Act; and
	(b)	towards the cost of research or educational programs relating to dog or cat management; and
	(c)	for the administrative expenses associated with the operations of the Board; and
	(d)	for any other purpose in furtherance of the objects of this Act.
	(5)	The Fund may be invested as approved by the Treasurer.
	(6)	The Board must keep proper accounts of the receipts and payments from the Fund.
	(7)	The Auditor-General may at any time, and must at least once in each year, audit the accounts of the Fund.
Note—
1	See section 26(5).

Part 3—Administration of provisions relating to dogs
26—Council responsibility for management of dogs
	(1)	Each council is required to administer and enforce the provisions of this Act relating to dogs within its area and for that purpose must—
	(a)	maintain a register of dogs containing the information required by the Board (which may be kept in the form of a computer record) that is to be readily available for public inspection; and
	(ab)	ensure that the Board is provided with information contained in the register as required by the Board from time to time; and
	(b)	appoint a suitable person to be Registrar; and
	(c)	make satisfactory arrangements for issuing and replacing certificates of registration and registration discs; and
	(d)	appoint at least one full-time dog management officer or make other satisfactory arrangements for the exercise of the functions and powers of dog management officers; and
	(e)	make satisfactory arrangements for the detention of dogs seized under this Act; and
	(f)	make satisfactory arrangements for fulfilling other obligations under this Act.
	(2)	The arrangements made by a council under this section must be satisfactory to the Board.
	(3)	Money received by a council under this Act must be expended in the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this Act relating to dogs.
	(4)	Each council must keep separate accounts of money received under this Act and of money expended in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Act relating to dogs.
	(5)	A council must pay into the Fund the percentage fixed by regulation of the dog registration fees received by the council.
	(6)	Councils may charge—
	(a)	fees for the provision of extracts from registers kept under this Act; and
	(b)	fees (which may be differential) approved by the Minister—
	(i)	for the registration of dogs or businesses under Part 5; and
	(ii)	for late payment of registration fees; and
	(iii)	for meeting any other requirement imposed on councils under this Act.
	(7)	Without limiting the matters that may be taken into account when setting fees to be approved by the Minister, councils must provide for a percentage rebate of the fee that would otherwise be charged for the registration of a dog in the following cases:
	(a)	if the dog is desexed;
	(b)	if—
	(i)	the dog has been implanted with a microchip for the purposes of identification; and
	(ii)	the information contained in the microchip is up-to-date;
	(c)	if the dog has passed a specified training program accredited by the Board,
(and, if more than one rebate applies in respect of a particular dog, the rebates are to be aggregated and deducted from the registration fee that would otherwise be charged).
26A—Plans of management relating to dogs and cats
	(1)	Each council must, in accordance with this section, prepare a plan relating to the management of dogs and cats within its area.
	(2)	A plan of management must 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.
	(3)	A plan of management must be prepared and presented to the Board as follows:
	(a)	the first plan must cover a 5 year period and be prepared and presented within 3 years after the commencement of this section;
	(b)	subsequent plans must cover subsequent 5 year periods and each plan must be prepared and presented at least 6 months before it is to take effect.
	(4)	A plan of management must be approved by the Board before it takes effect.
	(5)	A council may, with the approval of the Board, amend a plan of management at any time during the course of the 5 year period covered by the plan.
27—Appointment of dog management officers
	(1)	A council may appoint suitable persons (other than members of the council) to be dog management officers for the purposes of this Act.
	(2)	An appointment may be made subject to conditions specified in the instrument of appointment.
	(3)	The council may, at any time, revoke an appointment of a dog management officer or vary or revoke a condition of appointment or impose a further condition of appointment.
28—Identification of dog management officers
	(1)	A dog management officer appointed by a council must be issued with an identity card in a form approved by the Board.
	(2)	If the powers of the dog management officer have been limited by conditions, the identity card issued to the officer must contain a statement of those conditions.
	(3)	A dog management officer appointed by a council must, at the request of a person in relation to whom the officer intends to exercise powers under this Act, produce for the inspection of the person his or her identity card.
29—Area limitation on council dog management officers
A dog management officer appointed by a council may (subject to any conditions of the appointment of the officer) exercise powers under this Act—
	(a)	within the area of the council; or
	(b)	outside the area of the council for the purposes of—
	(i)	seizing or destroying a dog under this Act that has been pursued from within the area of the council; or
	(ii)	investigating an offence against this Act committed, or suspected to have been committed, within the area of the council; or
	(c)	within the area of another council pursuant to an arrangement between the councils or at the request of a dog management officer appointed by the other council.
30—General powers of dog management officers
	(1)	A dog management officer may (subject to any conditions of the appointment of the officer) for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of this Act—
	(a)	subject to subsection (2), enter and inspect any place or vehicle and use such force as may be reasonably necessary to gain entry; or
	(b)	require a person to produce a dog in the person's possession or control for inspection; or
	(c)	require a person who has been issued a certificate or document under this Act, or who is required to keep records under this Act, to produce the certificate, document or records for inspection; or
	(ca)	require a person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed to produce evidence that the dog is desexed; or
	(d)	require a person who the officer reasonably suspects has committed, is committing or is about to commit, an offence against this Act to state the person's full name and usual place of residence and to produce evidence of the person's identity.
	(2)	A dog management officer cannot exercise the power conferred by subsection (1)(a) except—
	(a)	with the consent of the owner or occupier of the place or the owner or person in charge of the vehicle; or
	(b)	on the authority of a warrant issued by a justice; or
	(c)	to seize a dog found wandering at large;1 or
	(d)	to seize a dog under this Act in circumstances in which the dog management officer believes on reasonable grounds that urgent action is required.
	(3)	A justice must not issue a warrant under subsection (2) unless satisfied, by information given on oath, that the warrant is reasonably required in the circumstances.
	(4)	An application for a warrant under this section cannot be made to a justice who is a member, officer or employee of a council.
	(5)	In the exercise of powers under this Act, a dog management officer may be assisted by such persons as the officer considers necessary in the circumstances.
Note—
1	See section 7.
31—Offence to hinder etc dog management officers
	(1)	A person who—
	(a)	hinders or obstructs a dog management officer, or a person assisting a dog management officer, in the exercise of powers conferred by this Act; or
	(b)	uses abusive, threatening or insulting language to a dog management officer, or a person assisting a dog management officer; or
	(c)	refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of a dog management officer under this Act; or
	(d)	falsely represents, by words or conduct, that he or she is a dog management officer,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
	(2)	A person who assaults a dog management officer, or a person assisting a dog management officer, in the exercise of powers under this Act, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
31A—Medical practitioner must notify Board of certain injuries resulting from dog attacks
	(1)	A registered medical practitioner who treats a victim of a dog attack for physical injury must, if of the opinion that the injury is one that should, because of the nature of the injury, be brought to the attention of the Board, notify the Board of the injury and the circumstances surrounding the injury.
	(2)	The Board must include a report of information received under this section in its annual report.
32—Offences by dog management officers
A dog management officer, or a person assisting a dog management officer, who—
	(a)	addresses offensive language to another person; or
	(b)	without lawful authority, hinders or obstructs or uses or threatens to use force in relation to another person,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
32A—Failure on part of council to discharge responsibilities 
	(1)	If, in the opinion of the Board, a council fails to discharge its responsibilities under this Act, the Board may refer the matter to the Minister to whom the administration of the Local Government Act 1999 has been committed (with a view to that Minister taking action in relation to the council under that Act).
	(2)	If a matter is referred to the Minister under subsection (1), the Minister must ensure that a written response, setting out the action that the Minister has taken or proposes to take, is provided to the Board within 28 days after the referral of the matter to the Minister.

Part 4—Registration of dogs
33—Dogs must be registered
	(1)	Every dog of or over 3 months of age must be registered under this Act.
	(2)	If a dog of or over 3 months of age is unregistered, any person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(b)	in any other case—$250.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
	(3)	If a person is guilty of an offence by reason of a dog being unregistered, the person is guilty of a further offence for each 14 days that the offence continues.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(b)	in any other case—$250.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
	(4)	A person is not guilty of an offence against this section by reason of the fact that the dog is unregistered if—
	(a)	less than 14 days has elapsed since the person first owned or became responsible for the control of the dog; or
	(b)	the dog—
	(i)	is travelling with the person; and
	(ii)	is not usually kept within the State; and
	(iii)	is registered under a corresponding law or is usually kept outside Australia (but a person may not rely on this exception unless he or she has produced, at the request of a dog management officer, satisfactory evidence of the matters specified in this subparagraph); or
	(c)	the person is responsible for the control of the dog only by reason of the dog being temporarily boarded at a boarding kennel approved by the council in whose area the kennel is situated.
	(5)	This section does not apply—
	(a)	to a dog that has not been kept in any one area for more than 14 days in aggregate; or
	(b)	to a dog while held in the custody of—
	(i)	the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (South Australia) Incorporated; or
	(ii)	the Animal Welfare League of South Australia, Incorporated; or
	(iii)	the Guide Dogs Association of South Australia & Northern Territory (Inc.); or
	(iv)	the Lions Hearing Dogs Incorporated; or
	(v)	a member of the police force acting in that capacity; or
	(vi)	a registered veterinary surgeon acting in that capacity; or
	(vii)	a person acting under this Act or any other Act; or
	(viii)	a body, or a person, or a body or person of a class, specified by regulation.
34—Registration procedure for individual dogs
	(1)	An application for registration of a dog—
	(a)	must be made to the Registrar for the area in which the dog is (or is to be) usually kept in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	must nominate a person of or over 16 years of age who consents to the dog being registered in his or her name.
	(2)	Subject to subsection (3), on application and payment of the registration fee and any fee for late payment of the registration fee, the Registrar must register the dog in the name of the person nominated and issue to that person a certificate of registration, and a registration disc, conforming with the requirements of the Board or the regulations.
	(3)	The Registrar may refuse to register a dog under this section if satisfied that the dog is (or is to be) kept in a kennel or used for a purpose in connection with a business that should, in the opinion of the Registrar, be registered under section 35.
	(4)	A dog registered in the name of a particular person must, on application to the Registrar of the area in which the dog is kept, be registered in the name of some other person who is of or over 16 years of age and consents to the dog being registered in his or her name.
35—Registration procedure for businesses involving dogs
	(1)	The owner or operator of a business consisting of or involving—
	(a)	a kennel at which dogs are bred or trained; or
	(b)	the provision of security or other services involving the use of dogs,
may apply, in the manner and form approved by the Board, to the Registrar of the area in which the business is (or is to be) situated or from which the business is (or is to be) operated for registration of the business.
	(2)	On application and payment of the registration fee and any fee for late payment of the registration fee, the Registrar must, if satisfied that the applicant genuinely owns or operates a business as referred to in subsection (1), register the business and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration conforming with the requirements of the Board.
	(3)	If a business is registered under this section, all dogs bred or trained at the kennel or used in connection with the business that are of or over 3 months of age will, while kept at the kennel or used in the business, be taken to be registered.
36—Duration and renewal of registration
	(1)	Registration under this Act remains in force until 30 June next ensuing after registration was granted and may be renewed from time to time for further periods of 12 months.
	(2)	If an application for renewal of registration is made before 31 August of the year in which the registration expired, the renewal operates retrospectively from the date of expiry.
	(3)	Registration of a dog under this Act expires if the dog is removed from the area in which it is registered with the intention that it will be usually kept at a place outside that area and 14 days have elapsed since it was removed from that area.1
Note—
1	In that event the dog must be re-registered in the new area.
37—Notifications to ensure accuracy of registers
	(1)	The person in whose name a dog is individually registered must inform the Registrar of the area in which the dog is registered as soon as practicable after any of the following occurs:
	(a)	the dog is removed from the place recorded in the register as the place at which the dog is usually kept with the intention that it will be usually kept at some other place (whether in the same area, in a different area or outside the State);
	(b)	the dog dies;
	(c)	the dog has been missing for more than 72 hours;
	(d)	the ownership of the dog is transferred to another person.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
	(2)	The owner or operator of a business registered under this Part must inform the Registrar of the area in which the business is registered as soon as practicable after any of the following occurs:
	(a)	the business is transferred to another person; or
	(b)	the owner or operator ceases to carry on the business; or
	(c)	any other circumstances of a kind specified in the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
	(3)	Information given to the Registrar under this section must include such details as may be reasonably required for the purposes of ensuring the accuracy of registers kept under this Act.
38—Transfer of ownership of dog
If ownership of a dog is transferred from the person in whose name the dog is individually registered, the person must give to the new owner the certificate of registration and registration disc last issued in respect of the dog.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
39—Rectification of register
A person aggrieved by an entry in a register under this Act may apply to the council for the rectification of the register.
40—Dog to be properly identified
If a dog is not identified as prescribed by the regulations, the person who owns or is responsible for control of the dog is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(b)	in any other case—$250.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
41—Applications and fees
	(1)	An application under this Part—
	(a)	must be made in the manner and form required by the Board; and
	(b)	must be accompanied by any document or certificate required by the Board; and
	(c)	must be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
	(2)	No fee is payable for the registration of an accredited disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog.
	(3)	For the purpose of determining an application under this Part or the fee to accompany the application, the Registrar to whom the application is made may require the applicant to produce satisfactory evidence supporting the application.
42—Records to be kept by approved boarding kennels
The operator of a boarding kennel approved by a council for the purposes of this Part must keep records of all dogs kept at the kennel, and provide extracts from the records to the council, as required by the Board.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.

Part 5—Management of dogs
Division 1—Offences relating to duties of owners and others responsible for control of dog
43—Dogs not to be allowed to wander at large
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog is wandering at large.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	for a first offence—
	(i)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(ii)	in any other case—$250;
	(b)	for a subsequent offence—
	(i)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$5 000;
	(ii)	in any other case—$750.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
	(2)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section if it is proved that the defendant had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the dog from wandering at large.
	(3)	If a person is found guilty of a subsequent offence, the court should, unless it is of the opinion that the circumstances of the particular case are exceptional, make one or more of the following orders in addition to imposing the penalty:
	(a)	that the dog be disposed of in a specified manner within a specified period;
	(b)	that the order for disposal be remitted in specified circumstances;
	(c)	any other order (including an order as to costs and for compensation) that the court thinks fit.
44—Dogs not to be allowed to attack etc
	(1)	A person who sets on or urges a dog to attack, harass or chase a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of another person is guilty of an offence (whether or not actual injury is caused).
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
	(2)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog attacks, harasses or chases or otherwise endangers the health of a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of another person (whether or not actual injury is caused).
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
	(3)	A person who is guilty of an offence against this section is guilty of an aggravated offence if the offence relates to a dog that is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed and, on conviction, the person is liable to a monetary penalty not exceeding double the monetary penalty, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding double the term, that would otherwise apply under this section for that offence.
	(4)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section if it is proved that the dog was at the time of the offence being genuinely used in the reasonable defence of a person or property, or for droving or removing an animal found trespassing.
45—Transporting unrestrained dogs in vehicles
	(1)	If a dog is not physically restrained while being transported in the open tray of a utility, truck or other similar vehicle, the driver of the vehicle is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
	(2)	If a dog management officer reasonably suspects that a vehicle has been used to transport a dog contrary to this section, the officer may apply to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle.
	(3)	For the purposes of this section, a dog is physically restrained while being transported in the open tray of a utility, truck or other similar vehicle if—
	(a)	the dog is being transported within a cage or other like enclosure; or
	(b)	the dog is securely tethered to the vehicle so that the dog cannot fall or escape from the vehicle.
	(4)	This section does not apply to the transport of—
	(a)	an accredited guide dog; or
	(b)	a dog that is being used in the droving or tending of stock or is going to or returning from a place where it will be, or has been, so used.
45A—Miscellaneous duties relating to dogs
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog is on premises and causes injury to a person or property of a person lawfully entering those premises.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
	(2)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog (not being an accredited disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog) is in, or in the grounds of, a school, kindergarten, child care centre or pre-school centre without the permission of the person in charge of that place.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(b)	in any other case—$250.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
	(3)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog (not being an accredited disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog) is in a shop, not being a pet shop, grooming parlour or premises used for the purposes of the practice of a registered veterinary surgeon, without the permission of the shopkeeper.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$2 500;
	(b)	in any other case—$250.
Expiation fee: 
	(a)	if the dog is a dangerous dog or a dog of a prescribed breed—$210;
	(b)	in any other case—$80.
	(4)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog rushes at or chases a vehicle (other than on premises of which the person is the occupier).
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
	(5)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog is guilty of an offence if the dog (either alone or together with other dogs, whether or not in the same ownership) creates a noise, by barking or otherwise, which persistently occurs or continues to such a degree or extent that it unreasonably interferes with the peace, comfort or convenience of a person.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
	(6)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog (not being an accredited guide dog) is guilty of an offence if the dog defecates in a public place and the person responsible for the control of the dog does not immediately remove the faeces and dispose of them in a lawful and suitable manner.
Maximum penalty: $125.
Expiation fee: $55.

Division 1A—Offences relating to specific duties of owners and others responsible for control of certain dogs
45B—Specific duties relating to dogs of prescribed breed 
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog of a prescribed breed is guilty of an offence if, while not effectively confined to premises of which that person is the occupier, the dog—
	(a)	does not have a muzzle securely fixed on its mouth so as to prevent it from biting any person or animal; or
	(b)	is not under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
Expiation fee: $210.
	(2)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog of a prescribed breed is guilty of an offence if the dog is not desexed.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
	(3)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (2) if it is proved that the defendant believed on reasonable grounds that the dog was desexed.
	(4)	A person who sells or gives away, or advertises for sale or to give away, a dog of a prescribed breed is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
45C—Specific duties relating to greyhounds
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a greyhound is guilty of an offence if, while not effectively confined to premises of which the person is the occupier, the greyhound—
	(a)	does not have a muzzle securely fixed on its mouth so as to prevent it from biting any person or animal; or
	(b)	is not under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not apply if the greyhound—
	(a)	is being raced, exercised or trained on land with the consent of the owner or occupier of the land; or
	(b)	is participating in an organised activity (being a show, trial or class) and is under the effective control of a person by command, the greyhound being in close proximity to the person and the person being able to see the greyhound at all times.
45D—Specific duties relating to attack trained dogs, guard dogs and patrol dogs
	(1)	A person who owns, or is responsible for the control of an attack trained dog, a guard dog or a patrol dog is guilty of an offence if, after the day declared for the purpose under this section, any of the following requirements is not complied with:
	(a)	the dog must be implanted with a microchip;
	(b)	the dog must be branded in a manner approved by the Board;
	(c)	the dog, while on premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, must be kept indoors or in an enclosure that is constructed so as to prevent the dog escaping from it;
	(d)	the dog must, at all times, wear a collar that complies with the requirements of the Board (except while the dog is suffering from injury, disease or sickness to the extent that the wearing of a collar would be injurious to the health of the dog);
	(e)	the dog must, except while confined to premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, be under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint;
	(f)	warning signs (complying with the requirements of the Board) must be prominently displayed at all entrances to premises where the dog is usually kept warning people that an attack trained dog, a guard dog or patrol dog (as the case may be) is kept on the premises.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not apply while the dog is participating in an organised activity (being a show, trial or class) and is under the effective control of a person by command, the dog being in close proximity to the person and the person being able to see the dog at all times.
	(3)	For the purposes of this section, the Board may—
	(a)	by notice in the Gazette, declare a day to be the day from which the provisions of this section apply in respect of dogs within the area of the council specified in the notice; and
	(b)	by further notice in the Gazette, vary such a declaration.
45E—Board may exempt persons from specific duties under this Division
	(1)	The Board may, on application or of its own motion, exempt a person or class of persons from having to comply with a specified specific duty under this Division.
	(2)	An exemption is subject to the conditions (if any) imposed by the Board.
	(3)	The Board may, at the Board's discretion, vary or revoke an exemption.
	(4)	The Board must give written notice of a grant, or a variation or revocation, of an exemption to the applicant.

Division 1B—Court's power to make orders in criminal proceedings
47—Court's power to make orders in criminal proceedings
	(1)	If a person is found guilty of an offence against Division 1 or 1A, the court may, in addition to, or instead of, imposing a penalty, make one or more of the following orders:
	(a)	that the dog be destroyed or disposed of in a specified manner within a specified period;
	(b)	that the order for destruction or disposal be remitted in specified circumstances;
	(c)	that the dog be registered under this Act;
	(ca)	that the dog be identified in a specified manner;
	(cb)	that the dog be seized and detained for a period specified in the order or until further order of the court;
	(d)	that the dog be controlled in a specified manner;
	(e)	that specified action be taken within a specified period to abate any danger or nuisance posed by the dog;
	(ea)	that the dog be desexed;
	(eb)	that any other dog owned by the person, or for the control of which the person is responsible, be destroyed or disposed of in a specified manner within a specified period;
	(f)	that the person not acquire another dog for a specified period or until further order of the court;
	(g)	that the person pay compensation for injury, damage or loss suffered by a person as a result of the actions of the dog;
	(h)	any other order that the case requires.
	(2)	An order must state to whom it is directed.
	(3)	A person who fails to comply with an order made against the person under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
	(4)	An order under this section binds the person against whom it is made despite the fact that the ownership or control of the dog has changed or is not known, or that the dog is no longer being kept in the same place, unless, on application to the Magistrates Court, the Court is satisfied that the changed circumstances are such that the order should be varied.
	(5)	If an order under this section is contravened, a dog management officer may take reasonable steps to give effect to the order and the council within the area of which the dog subject to the order is kept may recover the cost of that action as a debt from a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.

Division 2—Action to protect person or property against dogs
48—Power to protect persons or property from dogs
	(1)	A person may lawfully injure or destroy a dog if that action is reasonable and necessary for the protection of life or property.
	(2)	If a dog, unaccompanied by a person, is found in an enclosed paddock or other enclosed place in which an animal that is being farmed is confined, the owner or occupier of the place, or a person acting under the authority of the owner or occupier, may lawfully injure or destroy the dog.
	(3)	A warden under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, or a dog management officer, who finds a dog attacking or harassing a protected animal within the meaning of that Act on a reserve within the meaning of that Act may lawfully injure or destroy the dog if there is no other way of protecting the animal.
	(4)	A person who injures or destroys a dog in circumstances referred to in this section must, as soon as practicable—
	(a)	inform a member of the police force; and
	(b)	inform the council of the area in which the dog was injured or destroyed; and
	(c)	take reasonable steps to inform a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
Maximum penalty: $250.

Division 3—Council powers to make destruction and control orders
50—Destruction and control orders
	(1)	A council may, in accordance with this Division, make an order of any of the following classes in relation to a specified dog:
	(a)	a Destruction Order;
	(b)	a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order;
	(c)	a Control (Menacing Dog) Order;
	(d)	a Control (Nuisance Dog) Order;
	(e)	a Control (Barking Dog) Order.
	(2)	A Destruction Order requires—
	(a)	the dog to be destroyed within the period specified in the order (but not less than one month after the date the order takes effect); and
	(b)	the dog, until destroyed, to be kept or detained at a place specified in the order (or at some other place subsequently approved by the council).
	(3)	A Control (Dangerous Dog) Order requires—
	(a)	the dog to be desexed within the period specified in the order; and
	(b)	the dog to be identified by means of an implanted microchip; and
	(c)	the dog, while on premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, to be kept indoors or in an enclosure that is constructed so as to prevent the dog escaping from it; and
	(d)	the dog, at all times, to wear a collar that complies with the requirements of the Board (except while the dog is suffering from injury, disease or sickness to the extent that the wearing of a collar would be injurious to the health of the dog); and
	(e)	the dog, except while confined to premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier—
	(i)	to have a muzzle securely fixed on its mouth so as to prevent it from biting any person or animal; and
	(ii)	to be under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint; and
	(f)	warning signs (complying with the requirements of the Board) to be prominently displayed at all entrances to premises where the dog is usually kept warning people that a dangerous dog is kept on the premises; and
	(g)	the dog and the person who is responsible for the control of the dog to successfully complete an approved training course specified in the order; and
	(h)	all reasonable steps to be taken to prevent the dog repeating the behaviour that gave rise to the order.
	(4)	A Control (Menacing Dog) Order requires—
	(a)	the dog to be identified by means of an implanted microchip; and
	(b)	the dog, while on premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, to be kept indoors or for the premises to be fenced so as to prevent the dog escaping from the premises; and
	(c)	the dog, at all times, to wear a collar that complies with the requirements of the Board (except while the dog is suffering from injury, disease or sickness to the extent that the wearing of a collar would be injurious to the health of the dog); and
	(d)	the dog, except while confined to premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier—
	(i)	to have a muzzle securely fixed on its mouth so as to prevent it from biting any person or animal; and
	(ii)	to be under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint; and
	(e)	all reasonable steps to be taken to prevent the dog repeating the behaviour that gave rise to the order.
	(5)	A Control (Nuisance Dog) Order requires—
	(a)	the dog, while on premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, to be kept indoors or in an enclosure that is constructed so as to prevent the dog escaping from it; and
	(b)	the dog, except while confined to premises of which the person who is responsible for the control of the dog is the occupier, to be under the effective control of a person by means of physical restraint; and
	(c)	all reasonable steps to be taken to prevent the dog repeating the behaviour that gave rise to the order.
	(6)	A Control (Barking Dog) Order requires all reasonable steps to be taken to prevent the dog repeating the behaviour that gave rise to the order.
	(7)	In this section—
approved training course means a training course approved for the time being by the Board for the purposes of subsection (3).
51—Grounds on which orders may be made
	(1)	A council may, on its own initiative or on application, make a Destruction Order in relation to a dog if satisfied that—
	(a)	the dog is unduly dangerous; and
	(b)	the dog has attacked, harassed or chased a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of a person in circumstances that would constitute an offence against this Act.
	(2)	A council may, on its own initiative or on application, make a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order, a Control (Menacing Dog) Order or a Control (Nuisance Dog) Order in relation to a dog if satisfied that—
	(a)	the dog is dangerous, menacing or a nuisance; and
	(b)	the dog has attacked, harassed or chased a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of a person in circumstances that would constitute an offence against this Act.
	(3)	A council may, on its own initiative or on application, make a Control (Barking Dog) Order in relation to a dog if satisfied that—
	(a)	the dog is a nuisance; and
	(b)	the dog has created noise by barking or otherwise in circumstances that would constitute an offence against this Act.
52—Procedure for making and revoking orders
	(1)	Before making an order under this Division in relation to a dog, the council must take reasonable steps—
	(a)	to ascertain all persons who own or are responsible for the control of the dog; and
	(b)	to give each of the persons so ascertained at least 7 days written notice—
	(i)	identifying the dog in relation to which it is proposed that the order be made; and
	(ii)	setting out the terms of the proposed order; and
	(iii)	inviting the owner or other person to make submissions to the council (within 7 days or such longer period as is allowed by the council) with respect to the matter.
	(2)	An order—
	(a)	must be made in the manner and form required by the Board; and
	(b)	must be noted in the register kept by the council under this Act; and
	(c)	takes effect when the council first gives a copy of the order to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
	(3)	The council must take reasonable steps to give a copy of the order to each person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
	(4)	An order may be revoked by a council by written notice to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
	(5)	A note of the revocation must be entered in the register kept by the council under this Act.
53—Directions about how to comply with order
	(1)	A council may, from time to time, issue written directions to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog subject to an order under this Division about how the order may be complied with in the area of the council.
	(2)	If directions issued under this section are complied with, a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog is not liable to prosecution for contravention of the order as it applies in the area of the council to which the directions relate.
54—Application of orders and directions
	(1)	An order under this Division binds any person who, for the time being, owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
	(2)	If a dog is usually kept in an area other than the area of the council that imposed the order, the order continues to apply as if it were an order of the council of the area in which the dog is usually kept.
	(3)	Directions given by a council only apply in relation to the area of the council.
55—Contravention of order
	(1)	If an order under this Division is contravened, any person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	in the case of a Control (Barking Dog) Order—$250;
	(b)	in any other case—$2 500.
	(2)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section if it is proved that the defendant was not, at the time of the alleged offence, aware that the order was in force.
	(3)	If an order under this Division is contravened, a dog management officer may take reasonable steps to give effect to the order and the council concerned may recover the cost of that action as a debt from a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
56—Notification to council
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog subject to an order under this Division must inform the council of the area in which the dog is usually kept as soon as practicable if—
	(a)	the dog attacks a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of a person; or
	(b)	the dog is missing; or
	(c)	the dog dies; or
	(d)	the ownership of the dog changes.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
	(2)	If the place at which a dog subject to an order under this Division is usually kept changes, a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog must, as soon as practicable, inform—
	(a)	the council of the area from which or within which the dog is moved; and
	(b)	if the dog is moved into another council area—the council of that area.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.
	(3)	Information given to the Registrar under this section must include such details as the Registrar may reasonably require.
57—Notification of order to proposed new owner of dog
Before ownership of a dog subject to an order under this Division changes, the person proposing to transfer ownership must inform the person to whom ownership is to be transferred about the order.
Maximum penalty: $750.
Expiation fee: $105.
58—Appeal
	(1)	A person who owns or is responsible for the control of a dog may appeal to the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court against a decision of a council to make an order under this Division or to refuse to revoke an order.
	(3)	If the council does not give reasons in writing at the time of making the decision, the council must do so on request made by a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog within 14 days of the making of the decision.
	(4)	An appeal must be instituted—
	(a)	within 14 days of the making of the decision appealed against; or
	(b)	if a request for reasons in writing for the decision has been made under subsection (3)—within 14 days after receipt of the reasons in writing.
	(6)	The operation of a decision appealed against requiring a dog to be destroyed is suspended pending the determination of the appeal.
	(10)	On the hearing of an appeal, the Court may (in addition to the powers of the Court under Part 6 Division 2 of the District Court Act 1991) make an order in relation to the dog that a court could have made if the proceedings had been criminal proceedings under this Act (and the order takes effect as if it had been made in such proceedings).
59—Power of court to order destruction or control of dog on application
If a dog is shown to be unduly dangerous, the Magistrates Court may, on application, make any order in relation to the dog that a court could have made if the proceedings had been criminal proceedings under this Act (and the order takes effect as if it had been made in such proceedings).

Division 3A—Prohibition orders
59A—Prohibition orders
	(1)	A council may, in accordance with this Division, make a Prohibition Order against a person.
	(2)	A Prohibition Order—
	(a)	prohibits the person from acquiring or becoming responsible for the control of any dog for the period specified in the order; and
	(b)	requires each dog owned by the person, or for the control of which the person is responsible, at the time the order takes effect—
	(i)	to be destroyed or, if the order so allows, disposed of in a specified manner, within a specified period (but not less than one month after the order takes effect); and
	(ii)	until destroyed or disposed of, to be kept or detained at a place specified in the order (or at some other place subsequently approved by the council).
	(3)	A council may, on its own initiative or on application, make a Prohibition Order against a person if satisfied that—
	(a)	while the person owned or was responsible for the control of a dog, the dog attacked, harassed or chased a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of a person in circumstances that would constitute an offence against this Act; and
	(b)	—
	(i)	the dog was already subject to a Destruction Order or a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order; or
	(ii)	during the 5 years preceding the event referred to in paragraph (a), a Destruction Order or a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order was made in relation to some other dog on grounds that arose while the person owned or was responsible for the control of that other dog.
	(4)	However, a council may not make a Prohibition Order if the person satisfies the council that—
	(a)	the person did not intend the event referred to in subsection (3)(a) to occur and the event did not result from any failure on the part of the person to take all reasonable steps to avoid the occurrence of the event; or
	(b)	the event referred to in subsection (3)(a) occurred while the dog was, without the person's consent, in the possession or control of another person.
	(5)	An order—
	(a)	must be made in the manner and form required by the Board; and
	(b)	must be recorded by the council in a manner and form approved by the Board and the record kept readily available for public inspection; and
	(c)	takes effect when the council gives a copy of the order to the person against whom it is made.
	(6)	An order may be revoked by a council by written notice to the person against whom the order was made.
	(7)	A note of the revocation must be entered in the record kept by the council under this section.
59B—Contravention of Prohibition Order
	(1)	A person who contravenes a Prohibition Order is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
	(2)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this section if it is proved that the defendant was not, at the time of the alleged offence, aware that the order was in force.
	(3)	If a Prohibition Order is contravened, a dog management officer may take reasonable steps to give effect to the order and the council concerned may recover the cost of that action as a debt from the person subject to the order.
59C—Appeal against Prohibition Order
	(1)	A person against whom a Prohibition Order is made may appeal to the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court against the decision of the council to make the order or to refuse to revoke the order.
	(2)	If the council does not give reasons in writing at the time of making the decision, the council must do so on request by the person affected by the decision within 14 days of the making of the decision.
	(3)	An appeal must be instituted—
	(a)	within 14 days of the making of the decision appealed against; or
	(b)	if a request for reasons in writing for the decision has been made under subsection (2)—within 14 days after receipt of the reasons in writing.

Division 4—Seizure and detention of dogs
60—Power to seize and detain dogs
	(1)	A dog management officer may seize and detain a dog in any of the following circumstances:
	(a)	if the dog is wandering at large;
	(b)	if the officer reasonably believes it necessary to seize the dog in order to prevent or stop the dog attacking, harassing or chasing a person or an animal or bird owned by or in the charge of a person (whether or not actual injury has been or may be caused);
	(c)	if the officer reasonably believes that the dog is unduly dangerous;
	(d)	if the officer reasonably believes it necessary to detain the dog in order to ensure that an order under this Act for the destruction or disposal of the dog is carried out.
	(2)	If a dog management officer reasonably believes that it is dangerous or impracticable to seize a dog because of its savagery or other sufficient cause, the dog may be injured or destroyed.
	(3)	If a dog is injured or destroyed under subsection (2), the dog management officer must take reasonable steps to inform a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
	(4)	An inspector under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985 may exercise the powers of a dog management officer under this Division in relation to a dog found wandering at large while the inspector is acting in the ordinary course of his or her duties under that Act.
61—Procedure following seizure of dog
	(1)	If a dog is seized under this Division, it must either—
	(a)	be returned to a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog; or
	(b)	be detained in a facility approved by the Board for the purpose of detaining dogs.
	(2)	If a dog is detained, the person causing it to be detained must—
	(a)	cause notice of the detention to be given to members of the public by causing a notice to be displayed at the office of the council for the area in which the dog was seized (or if the dog was seized outside municipal and district council areas, at the police station nearest to where the dog was seized) containing—
	(i)	a general description of the dog; and
	(ii)	the day and time it was seized; and
	(iii)	the place at which the dog is being detained; and
	(b)	if a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog is known to the dog management officer or is readily ascertainable—cause notice of the detention to be given, as soon as practicable, to the owner or other person in the manner and form required by the Board.
	(3)	A notice under subsection (2)(a) must remain displayed for at least 72 hours.
	(4)	If a dog is seized in order to prevent or stop it attacking, harassing or chasing a person or an animal or bird or because it is unduly dangerous—
	(a)	the council must, as soon as practicable, proceed to consider making an order in relation to the dog or applying to the Magistrates Court for an order in relation to the dog; and
	(b)	if notice of an intention to make an order in relation to the dog has not been given, or an application to the Magistrates Court has not been made, within 7 days after the dog was seized, the dog must be returned to a person entitled to its return under this Division.
	(4a)	If a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order is made or in force in respect of a dog detained under this section, the person responsible for the dog while so detained may—
	(a)	in the case of a dog not identified in the manner specified in the order—cause the dog to be so identified;
	(b)	in the case of a dog not desexed—cause the dog to be desexed.
	(4b)	The cost of taking action under subsection (4a) may be recovered from the person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog as a debt due to the council incurring the cost.
	(5)	A person aggrieved by the continued detention of a dog under this Division may apply to the Magistrates Court for release of the dog.
62—Limits on entitlement to return of dog
A person is not entitled to the return of a dog seized under this Division unless the person—
	(a)	provides satisfactory evidence that he or she owns or is responsible for the control of the dog, or is authorised to receive the dog by a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog; and
	(b)	pays—
	(i)	the charges that are payable under the regulations in relation to the seizure and detention of the dog; and
	(ii)	any other outstanding charges or fees payable under this Act in relation to the dog; and
	(c)	in the case of an unregistered dog—registers the dog if so requested by the person responsible for the dog while detained.
63—Destruction or disposal of seized dog
	(1)	If—
	(a)	a dog found wandering at large and detained under this Division is not claimed by a person entitled to the return of the dog within 72 hours from when notice of its detention was last given under this Division; or
	(b)	a person in whose name a dog detained under this Division is registered declines to take possession of the dog; or
	(c)	money due in relation to a dog detained under this Division is not paid within 7 days after a request for payment,
the person responsible for the dog while detained under this Division may cause the dog to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
	(2)	If a dog is disposed of under subsection (1) by sale, the proceeds of the sale are the property of the operator of the facility at which the dog had been detained.
	(3)	The operator of a facility at which a dog is detained under this Division may cause the dog to be destroyed—
	(a)	if satisfied on reasonable grounds—
	(i)	that the dog is suffering from injury, disease or sickness to the extent that it is impracticable to maintain the dog; or
	(ii)	that the dog is suffering from a serious contagious or infectious disease or sickness; and
	(b)	—
	(i)	the destruction is authorised in writing by a registered veterinary surgeon or stock inspector; or
	(ii)	that neither a registered veterinary surgeon nor a stock inspector is reasonably available and that urgent action is required in the circumstances.
	(4)	If a dog is destroyed under subsection (3), the operator of the facility must take reasonable steps to inform a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog.
64—Recovery of costs of seizure, detention or destruction
The operator of a facility at which a dog has been detained under this Division may recover the charges that are payable under the regulations in relation to the seizure, detention or destruction of the dog from a person who owns or is responsible for the control of the dog as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction whether or not the dog has been returned to the person.

Part 6—Civil actions relating to dogs
65—Ownership and responsibility for control of dogs in civil actions
In civil proceedings relating to injury, damage, loss or nuisance caused by a dog, questions of ownership or responsibility for the control of the dog will be determined as if the proceedings were criminal proceedings under this Act.
66—Liability for dogs1
	(1)	The keeper of a dog is liable in tort for injury, damage or loss caused by the dog.
	(2)	It is not necessary for the plaintiff to establish—
	(a)	negligence; or
	(b)	knowledge of the dog's vicious, dangerous or mischievous propensity.
	(3)	However, the keeper's liability is subject to the following qualifications:
	(a)	if the injury, damage or loss results from provocation of the dog by a person other than the keeper, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles;
	(b)	if the injury, damage or loss results from an attack on the dog by an animal for the control of which the keeper is not responsible, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles;
	(c)	if the injury, damage or loss is caused to a trespasser on land on which the dog is kept, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles;
	(d)	if the injury, damage or loss is caused while the dog is being used in the reasonable defence of a person or property, the keeper's liability (if any) will be determined according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles;
	(e)	if the injury, damage or loss is caused while the dog is in the possession or control of a person without the keeper's consent, the keeper's liability (if any) will be determined according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles;
	(f)	the keeper's liability (if any) is subject to any other defence available under the law of tort.
	(4)	If the plaintiff's negligence contributed to the injury, damage or loss, the damages will be reduced to the extent the court thinks just and equitable having regard to the plaintiff's share in responsibility for injury, damage or loss.
	(5)	In this section—
keeper of a dog means the owner of the dog, or if the owner is under 18 years of age, the child's parents or guardians, and includes a person into whose possession the dog has been delivered;
provocation means—
	(a)	teasing, tormenting or abusing the dog;
	(b)	any act of cruelty towards the dog;
	(c)	attacking the owner of the dog, or a person towards whom the dog could reasonably be expected to be protective, in front of the dog.
Note—
1	At common law, the keeper of an animal was strictly liable for injury caused by the animal if the animal was ferae naturae (ie an undomesticated animal). If the animal was mansuetae naturae (ie a domestic animal), liability was dependent on proof of scienter (ie knowledge of the animal's dangerous or mischievous propensity). These rules were abolished by Part 3 of the Civil Liability Act 1936 which provides that negligence is the basis of liability. This section, however, qualifies the Civil Liability Act 1936 principles by imposing strict liability in relation to dogs subject, however, to statutory qualifications.
67—Court's power to make orders relating to dogs in civil actions
In civil proceedings relating to injury, damage, loss or nuisance caused by a dog, the court may make any order that a court could make if the proceedings were criminal proceedings under this Act (and the order takes effect as if it had been made in such proceedings).

Part 7—Management of cats
Division 1—Cat management officers
68—Cat management officers appointed by Board or council
	(1)	The Board or a council may appoint suitable persons to be cat management officers for the purposes of this Part.
	(2)	An appointment may be made subject to conditions specified in the instrument of appointment.
	(3)	The Board or council may, at any time, revoke the appointment of a cat management officer or vary or revoke a condition of appointment or impose a further condition of appointment.
69—Identification of cat management officers
	(1)	A cat management officer must be issued with an identity card in a form approved by the Board.
	(2)	If the powers of the cat management officer have been limited by conditions, the identity card issued to the officer must contain a statement of those conditions.
	(3)	A cat management officer exercising powers under this Act must, at the reasonable request of any person, produce for the inspection of the person his or her identity card.
70—Area limitation on cat management officers
	(1)	A cat management officer appointed by the Board may (subject to any conditions of the appointment of the officer) exercise powers under this Part in the areas, or in the circumstances, specified in the instrument of appointment.
	(2)	A cat management officer appointed by a council may (subject to any conditions of the appointment of the officer) exercise powers under this Part—
	(a)	within the area of the council; or
	(b)	outside the area of the council for the purpose of seizing or destroying a cat that has been pursued from a place within the area of the council; or
	(c)	within the area of another council pursuant to an arrangement between the councils.
71—Offences by cat management officers
A cat management officer who—
	(a)	addresses offensive language to another person; or
	(b)	without lawful authority, hinders or obstructs or uses or threatens to use force in relation to another person,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Division 2—Cats in remote or fragile areas
72—Reserves and wilderness
	(1)	A warden under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, or a person authorised for the purpose by a warden, may lawfully seize, detain, destroy or otherwise dispose of any cat found in a reserve within the meaning of that Act.
	(2)	A warden under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992, or a person authorised for the purpose by a warden, may lawfully seize, detain, destroy or otherwise dispose of any cat found in a wilderness protection area or zone constituted under that Act.
73—Sanctuaries and other designated areas
	(1)	The owner or occupier of land in a sanctuary under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 or in an area designated under this section, or a person authorised for the purpose by the owner or occupier, may lawfully seize, detain, destroy or otherwise dispose of any cat found in the sanctuary or designated area.
	(2)	The Governor may, by proclamation made on the recommendation of the Board, declare land to be a designated area for the purposes of this section.
	(3)	A proclamation under this section may be varied or revoked by further proclamation made on the recommendation of the Board.
74—Remote areas
A person may lawfully seize, detain, destroy or otherwise dispose of any cat found in a place that is more than one kilometre from any place genuinely used as a place of residence.
75—Notification to owner of identified cat
A person who seizes, detains, destroys or disposes of an identified cat under this Division must, as soon as practicable, take reasonable steps to inform the owner of the cat of the action taken.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Expiation fee: $80.

Division 3—Unidentified cats in other areas
76—Other areas
A person may lawfully seize, detain, destroy or otherwise dispose of an unidentified cat in any of the following circumstances:
	(a)	if the person is a cat management officer and the cat is found in an area in respect of which the officer is authorised to exercise powers under this Part or is delivered to the officer by another person;
	(b)	if the person is a Crown lands ranger or a district council ranger under the Crown Lands Act 1929 and the cat is found in an area in respect of which the ranger is authorised to exercise powers under that Act;
	(c)	if the person is an authorised officer under the Animal and Plant Control (Agricultural Protection and Other Purposes) Act 1986 and the cat is found in an area in respect of which the officer is authorised to exercise powers under that Act;
	(d)	if the person is an inspector under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985 and the cat is found while the person is acting in the ordinary course of his or her duties under that Act;
	(e)	if the person seizes the cat and delivers it, within 12 hours, to—
	(i)	a registered veterinary surgeon; or
	(ii)	a cat management officer; or
	(iii)	a facility for the care of cats operated by—
	(A)	the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (South Australia) Incorporated; or
	(B)	the Animal Welfare League of South Australia, Incorporated; or
	(C)	a body or person specified by the regulations,
(but the person is not authorised to destroy the cat);
	(f)	if the person is a registered veterinary surgeon acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession;
	(g)	if the cat has been delivered to a facility for the care of cats operated by—
	(i)	the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (South Australia) Incorporated; or
	(ii)	the Animal Welfare League of South Australia, Incorporated; or
	(iii)	a body or person specified by the regulations,
and the person detains, destroys or otherwise disposes of the cat on behalf of the operator of the facility.

Division 4—Miscellaneous
77—Unlawful entry on land
Nothing in this Part authorises a person to enter land without the consent of the occupier or, if there is no occupier, the owner of the land.
78—Offence to hinder
A person who hinders or obstructs another person in the lawful seizure, detention, destruction or disposal of a cat under this Part is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
79—Offence to interfere with cat identification
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, interfere with or remove the means by which a cat is identified as set out in the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
80—No liability for lawful action against cat
A person incurs no civil or criminal liability by reason only of action lawfully taken against a cat under this Part.

Part 8—Miscellaneous
81—Disability dogs, guide dogs etc
	(1)	Despite this Act or any other Act—
	(a)	a person who is wholly or partially blind or deaf, or otherwise disabled, is entitled to be accompanied by an accredited disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog in a public place or public passenger vehicle; and
	(b)	the occupier or person in charge of a public place or public passenger vehicle must not refuse access to the place or vehicle to a person who is wholly or partially blind or deaf, or otherwise disabled, on the ground that the person is accompanied by a disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog.
Maximum penalty: $250.
	(2)	A person must not claim that a dog is a disability dog, guide dog or hearing dog unless the dog is accredited as such by the Board under section 21A.
Maximum penalty: $250.
81A—Interference with dog in lawful custody
A person who interferes with, releases, or removes from lawful custody a dog seized or detained under this Act is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
82—False or misleading statements
A person must not make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular (whether by reason of the inclusion or omission of a particular) in information provided, or a record kept, under this Act.
Maximum penalty: 
	(a)	if the person made the statement knowing that it was false or misleading—$10 000;
	(b)	in any other case—$2 500.
83—No liability for lawful action against dog
A person incurs no civil or criminal liability by reason only of action lawfully taken against a dog under this Act.
84—Immunity from personal liability
	(1)	No personal liability attaches to a dog management officer, cat management officer or other person engaged in the administration or enforcement of this Act for an honest act or omission in the exercise or discharge, or purported exercise or discharge, of a power or function under this Part.
	(2)	A liability that would, but for subsection (1), lie against an officer, employee or agent of a council lies instead against the council.
	(3)	A liability that would, but for subsection (1), lie against any other person lies instead against the Crown.
85—Continuing offences
	(1)	A person convicted of an offence against a provision of this Act (except section 33) in respect of a continuing act or omission—
	(a)	is liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to the offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued of not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence; and
	(b)	is, if the act or omission continues after the conviction, guilty of a further offence against the provision and liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to the further offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued after the conviction of not more than one-tenth of the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence.
	(2)	Where an offence consists of an omission to do something that is required to be done, the omission will be taken to continue for as long as the thing required to be done remains undone after the end of the period for compliance with the requirement.
86—General defences
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against this Act if it is proved—
	(a)	that the offence was not committed intentionally and did not result from any failure on the part of the defendant to take reasonable care to avoid the commission of the offence; or
	(b)	if the offence involves a dog—that the dog was at the time of the alleged offence in the possession or control of another person without the defendant's consent.
87—Service of notices and documents
A notice or document required or authorised by this Act to be given to a person may—
	(a)	be served on the person personally; or
	(b)	be posted in an envelope addressed to the person at the person's last known address; or
	(c)	be left for the person at his or her place of residence or business with someone apparently of or over 16 years of age or in a letterbox to which it would have been delivered if sent by post.
88—Evidence
In proceedings for an offence against this Act—
	(a)	an allegation in the complaint that—
	(i)	at a specified time a person owned or was responsible for the control of the dog; or
	(ii)	a dog was a dog of a prescribed breed; or
	(iii)	a dog of a prescribed breed was not at a specified time desexed; or
	(iv)	that a person was at a specified time a dog management officer or cat management officer,
will be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary; and
	(b)	the onus of proving that a dog was registered or was at a specified time under the age of 3 months lies on the person making that assertion.
88A—Liability of vehicle owners in relation to transporting unrestrained dogs
	(1)	In this section—
owner, in relation to a vehicle, has the same meaning as in section 174A of the Road Traffic Act 1961;
prescribed offence means an offence against section 45(1).
	(2)	Without derogating from the liability of any other person, but subject to this section, if a vehicle is involved in a prescribed offence, the owner of the vehicle is guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence and the expiation fee that is fixed for the principal offence applies in relation to an offence against this section.
	(3)	The owner and driver of a vehicle are not both liable through the operation of this section to be convicted of an offence arising out of the same circumstances, and consequently conviction of the owner exonerates the driver and conversely conviction of the driver exonerates the owner.
	(4)	An expiation notice or expiation reminder notice given under the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 to the owner of a vehicle for an alleged offence against this section involving the vehicle must be accompanied by a notice inviting the owner, if he or she was not the driver at the time of the alleged prescribed offence, to provide the council or officer specified in the notice, within the period specified in the notice, with a statutory declaration—
	(a)	setting out the name and address of the driver; or
	(b)	if he or she had transferred ownership of the vehicle to another prior to the time of the alleged offence and has complied with the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 in respect of the transfer—setting out details of the transfer (including the name and address of the transferee).
	(5)	Before proceedings are commenced against the owner of a vehicle for an offence against this section involving the vehicle, the complainant must send the owner a notice—
	(a)	setting out particulars of the alleged prescribed offence; and
	(b)	inviting the owner, if he or she was not the driver at the time of the alleged prescribed offence, to provide the complainant, within 21 days of the date of the notice, with a statutory declaration setting out the matters referred to in subsection (6).
	(6)	Subsection (5) does not apply to—
	(a)	proceedings commenced where an owner has elected under the Expiation of Offences Act 1996 to be prosecuted for the offence; or
	(b)	proceedings commenced against an owner of a vehicle who has been named in a statutory declaration under this section as the driver of the vehicle.
	(7)	Subject to subsection (8), in proceedings against the owner of a vehicle for an offence against this section, it is a defence to prove—
	(a)	that, in consequence of some unlawful act, the vehicle was not in the possession or control of the owner at the time of the alleged prescribed offence; or
	(b)	that the owner provided the complainant with a statutory declaration in accordance with an invitation under this section.
	(8)	The defence in subsection (7)(b) does not apply if it is proved that the owner made the declaration knowing it to be false in a material particular.
	(9)	If—
	(a)	an expiation notice is given to a person named as the alleged driver in a statutory declaration under this section; or
	(b)	proceedings are commenced against a person named as the alleged driver in such a statutory declaration,
the notice or summons (as the case may be) must be accompanied by a notice setting out particulars of the statutory declaration that named the person as the alleged driver.
	(10)	In proceedings against a person named in a statutory declaration under this section for the offence to which the declaration relates, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the person was the driver of the vehicle at the time at which the alleged offence was committed.
	(11)	In proceedings against the owner or driver of a vehicle for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that a notice was given under this section on a specified day will be accepted as proof, in the absence of proof to the contrary, of the facts alleged.
89—Appropriation of penalties
A penalty for an offence against this Act that is recovered on the complaint of a council or an officer of a council must be paid to that council.
90—By-laws
	(1)	A district or municipal council may make by-laws for the control or management of dogs or cats within its area.
	(2)	Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the by-laws may—
	(a)	limit the number of dogs or cats that may be kept on any premises;
	(b)	fix periods during which dogs or cats must be effectively confined to premises occupied by a person who is responsible for the control or entitled to the possession of the dog or cat;
	(c)	require dogs or cats to be identified in a specified manner or in specified circumstances;
	(d)	require dogs or cats to be effectively controlled, secured or confined in a specified manner or in specified circumstances;
	(da)	set aside specified areas where dogs are prohibited or for specified activities relating to dogs to be carried out in a specified manner or in specified circumstances;
	(e)	make provision for a registration scheme for cats (including payment of a fee for registration) and encourage the desexing of cats;
	(f)	exempt (conditionally or unconditionally) classes of persons or activities from the application of the by-laws or specified provisions of the by-laws.
	(3)	By-laws under this Act—
	(a)	may be of general application or limited application;
	(b)	may make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply;
	(c)	may provide that a matter or thing in respect of which by-laws may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of the council.
	(4)	However, a by-law limiting the number of dogs or cats that may be kept on premises does not apply in relation to a kennel in respect of which a development authorisation is in force under the Development Act 1993 so as to prevent dogs or cats being kept as contemplated by that authorisation.
	(5)	The Local Government Act 1999 applies to by-laws made under this section subject to the following modifications:
	(a)	a council must, at least 42 days before resolving to make the by-law (and consequently at least 21 days before public notice of the proposed by-law is given) refer the proposed by-law to the Board; and
	(b)	at the same time the council must provide a report to the Board—
	(i)	outlining the objects of the proposed by-law; and
	(ii)	setting out how it is proposed to implement or enforce the proposed by-law; and
	(iii)	explaining the reasons for any difference in the proposed by-law from other by-laws about a similar subject matter applying or proposed to apply in other council areas; and
	(c)	the council must consider any recommendations of the Board relating to the by-law.
91—Regulations
	(1)	The Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.
	(2)	Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—
	(a)	regulate the keeping and control of dogs of a specified class;
	(b)	prohibit the keeping of dogs of a specified class in specified places or areas;
	(ba)	set aside specified areas where dogs are prohibited or for specified activities relating to dogs to be carried out in a specified manner or in specified circumstances;
	(c)	regulate the detention of dogs seized under this Act;
	(d)	fix fees to be paid in respect of any matter under this Act and regulate the recovery, refund, waiver or reduction of such fees;
	(e)	exempt (conditionally or unconditionally) classes of persons or activities from the application of this Act or specified provisions of this Act;
	(f)	prescribe fines, not exceeding $2 500, for offences against the regulations.
	(3)	Regulations under this Act—
	(a)	may be of general application or limited application;
	(b)	may make different provision according to the matters or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply;
	(c)	may provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is to be determined according to the discretion of the Board or a council.

Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
2—Transitional provisions
	(4)	By-laws relating to dog management in force immediately before the commencement of this Act continue in force as if they were made under this Act and a licence in force under section 58 of the Dog Control Act 1979 continues to have effect as if it were an exemption granted under a by-law.
3—Membership of Board vacated1
The offices of the members of the Dog and Cat Management Board are vacated on the commencement of this clause.
4—Renewal of registration
Despite section 36(2), if an application for renewal of registration that expires on 30 June 2004 is made after the commencement of this clause but before 30 November 2004, the renewal operates retrospectively from 30 June 2004.
5—Control (Dangerous Dog) Orders
	(1)	If, immediately before the commencement of section 34 of the Dog and Cat Management (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004, a dog is subject to a Control (Dangerous Dog) Order, the council of the area in which the dog is usually kept may reissue the order in the terms that would apply if the order were made after that commencement.
	(2)	Section 52 applies to the reissuing of an order under this clause as if it were the making of an order under Division 3 of Part 5 and a reissued order will be taken to be an order made under that Division.
	(3)	Section 58 does not apply to the reissuing of an order under this clause.
	(4)	A Control (Dangerous Dog) Order in force immediately before the commencement of section 34 of the Dog and Cat Management (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004 continues to have effect subject to this Act until it is reissued under this clause.
Note—
1	Clause 3 had not come into operation at the date of the publication of this version.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	In this version provisions that are uncommenced appear in italics.
	•	Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.
	•	Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
	•	Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Legislation repealed by principal Act
The Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 repealed the following:
Dog Control Act 1979
Legislation amended by principal Act
The Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 amended the following:
Local Government Act 1934
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement	
1995	15	 Dog and Cat Management Act 1995	6.4.1995	1.7.1995 (Gazette 15.6.1995 p2884)	
2000	4	 District Court (Administrative and Disciplinary Division) Amendment Act 2000	20.4.2000	 Sch 1 cl 8—1.6.2000 (Gazette 18.5.2000 p2554)	
2004	18	Dog and Cat Management (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2004	3.6.2004	1.7.2004 except ss 10, 11 and Sch 1 cl 3 (as inserted by s 44)—1.10.2004 (Gazette 17.6.2004 p2229)	
2004	34	Natural Resources Management Act 2004	5.8.2004	Sch 4 (cl 3)—uncommenced	
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
Long title	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004	
Pt 1			
s 2	deleted by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004	
s 4			
accredited	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(1)	1.7.2004 	
area	amended by 18/2004 s 4(2), (3)	1.7.2004 	
attack trained dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(4)	1.7.2004 	
corresponding law	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(5)	1.7.2004 	
dangerous dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(6)	1.7.2004 	
disability dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(6)	1.7.2004 	
guard dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(7)	1.7.2004 	
guide dog	substituted by 18/2004 s 4(7)	1.7.2004 	
hearing dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(7)	1.7.2004 	
park	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(8)	1.7.2004 	
patrol dog	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(8)	1.7.2004 	
prescribed breed	amended by 18/2004 s 4(9)	1.7.2004 	
registration fee	inserted by 18/2004 s 4(10)	1.7.2004 	
stock inspector	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 5			
s 5(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 5	1.7.2004 	
s 6			
s 6(3)	amended by 18/2004 s 6	1.7.2004 	
s 7			
s 7(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 7(1)	1.7.2004 	
s 7(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 7(2)	1.7.2004 	
s 8	substituted by 18/2004 s 8	1.7.2004 	
s 9	substituted by 18/2004 s 9	1.7.2004 	
Pt 2			
s 12			
s 12(1) and (2)	substituted by 18/2004 s 10(1)	1.10.2004—not incorporated	
s 12(2a) and (2b)	inserted by 18/2004 s 10(1)	 1.10.2004—not incorporated	
s 12(5)	deleted by 18/2004 s 10(2)	1.10.2004—not incorporated	
s 17			
s 17(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 11	1.10.2004—not incorporated 	
s 18			
s 18(1)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 21			
s 21(1)	s 21 varied and redesignated as s 21(1) by 18/2004 s 12(1), (2)	1.7.2004	
s 21(2) and (3)	inserted by 18/2004 s 12(2)	1.7.2004 	
s 21A	inserted by 18/2004 s 13	1.7.2004 	
s 22			
s 22(3)	deleted by 18/2004 s 14	1.7.2004 	
s 23			
s 23(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 15	1.7.2004 	
Pt 3			
s 26			
s 26(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 16(1), (2)	1.7.2004 	
s 26(6)	substituted by 18/2004 s 16(3)	1.7.2004 	
s 26(7)	inserted by 18/2004 s 16(3)	1.7.2004 	
s 26A	inserted by 18/2004 s 17	1.7.2004	
s 30			
s 30(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 18	1.7.2004 	
s 31			
s 31(1)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 31(2)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 31A	inserted by 18/2004 s 19	1.7.2004	
s 32	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 32A	inserted by 18/2004 s 20	1.7.2004	
Pt 4			
s 33			
s 33(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 21(1)	1.7.2004 	
s 33(3)	amended by 18/2004 s 21(2)	1.7.2004 	
s 33(4)	amended by 18/2004 s 21(3)	1.7.2004 	
s 34			
s 34(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 22(1), (2)	1.7.2004 	
s 34(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 22(3), (4)	1.7.2004 	
s 34(4)	amended by 18/2004 s 22(5)	1.7.2004	
s 35			
s 35(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 23(1)	1.7.2004 	
s 35(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 23(2)	1.7.2004 	
s 37			
s 37(1)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 37(2)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 38	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004	
s 40	substituted by 18/2004 s 24	1.7.2004 	
s 41			
s 41(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 25(1)	1.7.2004 	
s 41(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 25(2)	1.7.2004 	
s 42	amended by 18/2004 s 26	1.7.2004 	
Pt 5			
Div 1			
heading	substituted by 18/2004 s 27	1.7.2004 	
ss 43—45	substituted by 18/2004 s 28	1.7.2004 	
s 45A	inserted by 18/2004 s 28	1.7.2004 	
Div 1A	inserted by 18/2004 s 28	1.7.2004 	
s 46—see s 81A			
Div 1B			
heading	inserted by 18/2004 s 30	1.7.2004 	
s 47			
s 47(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 31(1)—(3)	1.7.2004 	
s 47(3)	amended by 18/2004 s 31(4)	1.7.2004 	
s 47(5)	inserted by 18/2004 s 31(5)	1.7.2004 	
Div 2			
s 48			
s 48(4)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 49	deleted by 18/2004 s 32	1.7.2004 	
Div 3			
heading	substituted by 18/2004 s 33	1.7.2004 	
s 50	substituted by 18/2004 s 34	1.7.2004 	
s 51			
s 51(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 35	1.7.2004 	
s 55			
s 55(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 36	1.7.2004 	
s 56			
s 56(1)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 56(2)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 57	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 58			
s 58(1)	amended by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(a))	1.6.2000	
s 58(2)	deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(b))	1.6.2000	
s 58(5)	deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(c))	1.6.2000	
s 58(7)	deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(d))	1.6.2000	
s 58(8)	deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(e))	1.6.2000	
s 58(9)	deleted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(f))	1.6.2000	
s 58(10)	substituted by 4/2000 s 9(1) (Sch 1 cl 8(g))	1.6.2000	
Div 3A	inserted by 18/2004 s 37	1.7.2004 	
Div 4			
s 60			
s 60(1)	amended by 18/2004 s 38	1.7.2004 	
s 61			
s 61(4a) and (4b)	inserted by 18/2004 s 39	1.7.2004 	
Pt 7			
s 71	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 75	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 78	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 79	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
Pt 8			
s 81			
s 81(1)	s 81 amended and redesignated as s 81(1) by 18/2004 s 40(1)—(6)	1.7.2004 	
s 81(2)	inserted by 18/2004 s 40(6)	1.7.2004 	
s 81A	s 46 amended and redesignated as s 81A by 18/2004 s 29(1), (2)	1.7.2004 	
s 82	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 88A	inserted by 18/2004 s 41	1.7.2004 	
s 90			
s 90(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 42	1.7.2004 	
s 90(5)	amended by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004 	
s 91			
s 91(2)	amended by 18/2004 s 43	1.7.2004 	
Sch 1			
heading	substituted by 18/2004 s 44(1)	1.7.2004 	
cl 1	deleted by 18/2004 s 44(2)	1.7.2004	
cl 2			
cl 2(1)—(3)	deleted by 18/2004 s 44(3)	1.7.2004 	
cl 3	inserted by 18/2004 s 44(4)	uncommenced 	
cll 4 and 5	inserted by 18/2004 s 44(4)	1.7.2004 	
Sch 2	deleted by 18/2004 Sch 1	1.7.2004	
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—1.6.2000