Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

DOMESTIC ANIMALS AMENDMENT REGULATION 2008 (NO 1) (NO 18 OF 2008) - REG 7

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7     How dogs must be identified—Act, s 83

    (1)     A registered dog must be identified by a tag attached to a collar worn by the dog.

    (2)     The tag must be the dog's registration tag or another tag that shows the dog's registration number.

    (3)     A dog must also be identified by an identifying microchip if the dog—

        (a)     is at least 12 weeks old; or

        (b)     has been sold; or

        (c)     is a dangerous dog.

    (4)     The identifying microchip must—

        (a)     be implanted in the dog; and

        (b)     contain a number (the unique identification number ) by which the identification particulars for the dog can be worked out; and

        (c)     function properly.

    (5)     The identification particulars for a dog are—

        (a)     the following information about the dog:

              (i)     the dog's breed;

              (ii)     the dog's date of birth or age;

              (iii)     the dog's colour;

              (iv)     the dog's sex;

              (v)     the dog's reproductive status;

              (vi)     the address where the dog is, or is to be, kept;

              (vii)     the unique identification number of the identifying microchip implanted in the dog;

              (viii)     the identification number of any other microchip implanted in the dog;

              (ix)     the name and business address of the person who implanted the identifying microchip mentioned in subparagraph (vii) and the date it was implanted;

              (x)     whether the dog is a dangerous dog; and

        (b)     the following information about the dog's owner:

              (i)     the owner's name and home address and, if different, postal address;

              (ii)     a contact telephone number for the owner; and

        (c)     the name of a person (other than the owner) who can be contacted in relation to the dog and a contact telephone number for the person.

    (6)     However, subsection (3) does not apply to a dog if—

        (a)     the dog is less than 6 months old; and

        (b)     a veterinary surgeon certified in writing, before the dog was 12 weeks old or first sold (whichever is the earlier), that identification of the dog by identifying microchip would be a serious health risk to the dog.

    (7)     Also, subsection (3) does not apply to a dog if the dog has not been sold since the commencement of this section.

    (8)     Subsection (7) and this subsection expire 3 years after the day they commence.