2018-08-07 S&O Agenda - Att 5 to Item 7 - Local Law Amendments

               Noosa Shire Council Subordinate Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015         4



Part 1                     Preliminary

1   Short title
         This subordinate local law may be cited as Subordinate Local Law No. 2 (Animal
         Management) 2015.

2   Purpose and how it is to be achieved
    (1) The purpose of this subordinate local law is to supplement Local Law No. 2 (Animal
        Management) 2015, which provides for regulation of the keeping and control of
        animals within the local government’s area.
    (2) The purpose is to be achieved by providing for—
          a)         the circumstances in which the keeping of animals is prohibited or requires
                     approval; and
          b)         requirements for keeping animals, including minimum standards, mandatory
                     desexing, proper enclosures, koala conservation and identification; and
          c)         the control of animals in public places; and
          d)         matters regarding the impounding of animals and the sale or disposal of
                     impounded animals; and
          e)         the conditions to be complied with by persons who offer animals, or a
                     particular species of animals, for sale; and
          f)         the declaration of a species of animal as a declared dangerous animal and the
                     criteria for declaration of a specific animal as a declared dangerous animal.


3   Authorising local law
         The making of the provisions in this subordinate local law is authorised by Local Law
         No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015 (the authorising local law).


4   Definitions
         Particular words used in this subordinate local law have the same meaning as
         provided for in the authorising local law except the following:
          “urban area” means the area within the “urban footprint” as that expression is
          defined in the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017 (“the SEQ Regional
          Plan”) and more precisely defined in the maps that accompany the SEQ Regional
          Plan, including the maps titled SEQ Regional Plan 2017 Regulatory Map SEQ
          RP1 and SEQ Regional Plan 2017 Regulatory Map SEQ RP 4.
         “effective control” – an animal is regarded as being under effective control of a
              person only if –
               (a)      the animal is secured and restrained by a leash held by a person who has
                        sufficient strength to control the animal; or
               (b)      the animal has been tethered to a fixed object by a person and that person is

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