2015-02-03 P&O Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Proposed Local Laws

                          Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015                        6


         (2) The circumstances in which an approval is required may be specified by reference to
             1 or more of the following factors—
                  (a)   species;
                  (b)   breed;
                  (c)   sex;
                  (d)   age;
                  (e)   number;
                  (f)   the locality in which the animal is to be kept, including whether it is an
                        urban or non-urban locality;
                  (g)   the nature of the premises in which the animal is to be kept, including the
                        size of the enclosure or the size of the allotment.6
        (3) An approval under this section is not required for the keeping of animals on land if
            the keeping of the animals on the land is authorised by a development approval
            under the Planning Act7.
        (4) Under this section, the local government may not require an approval for keeping a
            restricted dog.8

Division 3                       Animals for which desexing is required

7       Requirement to desex an animal
        (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, require an animal of a
            particular species or breed to be desexed.
        (2)       The subordinate local law may—
                  (a)   specify that the requirement for desexing only applies once an animal
                        reaches a certain age; and
                  (b)   exempt animals under particular circumstances.
                  Example for paragraph (b)—
                   Exemption might be provided for an animal that is owned by a member of a recognised breeders’
                   association for the purposes of breeding or showing.
        (3) A person must not keep an animal that is required to be desexed unless the animal
            has been desexed.
                  Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—20 penalty units.




6
    See note 4.
7
    See the definition of Planning Act in the Act, schedule 4.
8
  Section 71 of the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 requires a permit issued by the local
government for a person to own or be responsible for a restricted dog. The processes for the granting of
restricted dog permits are set out under chapter 4, part 3 of that Act.