2015-04-2015 Attachment 1 to Item 20 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Proposed Noosa Council Local Law No. 1 to No. 6

                       Noosa Shire Council Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2015                                7



Division 4                    Minimum standards

8     Minimum standards for keeping animals
       (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, specify minimum standards
           for the keeping of animals or a particular species or breed of animal.
       (2) A person who keeps an animal must ensure that the relevant minimum standards
           prescribed by a subordinate local law are complied with.9
             Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.
       (3) If a person is required to hold an approval to keep an animal, the obligation to
           comply with the minimum standards prescribed by a subordinate local law is in
           addition to an obligation imposed by a condition of the approval.

Division 5                    Identification of registered cats and dogs

9     Identification for cats and dogs in certain circumstances
             The local government may, by subordinate local law, prescribe the identification
             required by the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 for a cat or dog
             that is at a place other than the address stated in the registration notice for the cat
             or dog.10


Part 3                        Control of animals

Division 1                    Animals in public places

10    Exclusion of animals
       (1) The local government may, by subordinate local law, specify public places where
           animals, or animals of a particular species or breed, are prohibited.
       (2) The owner or responsible person for an animal must ensure that the animal is not
           in a public place in contravention of a prohibition specified under subsection (1).
             Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—20 penalty units.
       (3) The local government must take reasonable steps to provide notice to members of
           the public regarding the animals that are prohibited in a particular public place.
       (4) In this section—
             reasonable steps include, as a minimum, the display of a notice at a prominent
             place within the particular public place, stating—


9
  See also Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008, schedule 1, sections 4 to 5, regarding the
requirements about enclosures for declared dangerous dogs, declared menacing dogs and restricted dogs.
10
  Section 45 of the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 requires a person who keeps a cat or dog at a
place other than the address in the registration notice to ensure it bears the identification prescribed by the local
government under a local law.