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

                         Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015                        8


                (a)    the animals that are prohibited in the place; and
                (b)    in general terms, the provisions of subsection (2).


11       Dog off-leash areas
         (1)    The local government may, by subordinate local law, designate an area within a
                public place as an area where a dog is not required to be on a leash (a dog off-
                leash area).
         (2) The local government must take reasonable steps to provide notice to members of
             the public regarding the designation of an area as a dog off-leash area.
         (3) In this section—
                reasonable steps include, as a minimum, the display of a notice at a prominent
                place within the dog off-leash area indicating the extent of the area.


12       Control of animals in public places11
         (1) The owner or responsible person for an animal must ensure that the animal is not
             in a public place—
                (a)   unless the animal is under the effective control of someone; and
                (b)   if the animal is a declared dangerous animal12—unless the animal is securely
                      restrained to prevent it from—
                           (i)     attacking a person or animal; or
                           (ii)    acting in a way that causes fear to a person or animal; or
                           (iii)   causing damage to property.
                Maximum penalty for subsection (1)—20 penalty units.
         (2) The owner or responsible person for a dog that is on heat must ensure that the
             animal is not in a public place.
                Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.
         (3) An animal is under the effective control of someone only if—
                (a)    a person who is physically able to control the animal—
                           (i)     is holding it by an appropriate leash, halter or rein; or
                           (ii)    has appropriately tethered it to an object fixed to a place from
                                   which the object can not be moved by the animal and is
                                   continuously supervising the animal; or
                           (iii)   has corralled it in a temporary enclosure adequate to contain the
                                   animal and is continuously supervising the animal; or



11
  See also Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008, schedule 1, section 3, regarding the requirement for
muzzling and effective control of regulated dogs in public and section 93, which applies this requirement where
a dog is subject to a proposed declaration notice.
12
     See the definition of declared dangerous animal in the schedule.