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

                     Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015                      10


15    Koala conservation requirements
      (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, prescribe requirements for
          keeping a dog on land that is within a koala area.
      (2) The prescribed requirements may relate to—
             (a)   the enclosure in which the dog must be kept between sunset and sunrise; or
             (b)   tethering the dog between sunset and sunrise to prevent it from attacking a
                   koala; or
             (c)   fencing that must be in place to separate dogs from koalas on the land or on
                   a part of the land; or
             (d)   other measures that will be likely to prevent an attack by the dog on a koala
                   between sunset and sunrise.
      (3) A person who keeps a dog on land that is within a koala area must comply with
          requirements prescribed under this section.
            Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.
      (4) In this section—
            koala area means—
             (a)   a koala habitat area; or
             (b)   an area designated by subordinate local law as a koala area.
            koala habitat area means an area designated as a koala habitat by—
             (a)   a conservation plan made under the Nature Conservation Act 1992; or
             (b)   a State planning instrument.

Division 3                 Aggressive behaviour by animals other than dogs

16    Limited application of division to dogs15
      (1) Unless otherwise indicated, this division does not apply in relation to aggressive
          behaviour by a dog.
      (2) In this section—
            aggressive behaviour means attacking, or acting in a way that causes fear to,
            someone else or another animal.


17    Animals not to attack or cause fear to persons or animals
      (1) A responsible person for an animal must take reasonable steps to ensure the animal
          does not attack, or act in a way that causes fear to, someone else or another animal.




15
   Aggressive behaviour by dogs is covered by the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008, sections 194
to 196.