Dog Control and Registration
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Fees and Charges - 2023-24
| Selected owner in urban area | $88 |
| Spayed or neutered | $123 |
| Standard registration fee - rural | $77 |
| Standard registration fee - urban | $176 |
| Dangerous dog | 150% of the fee that would apply if the dog was not classified |
| Menacing dog | Normal fee |
| Other fees | |
| Penalty on fees paid after 31 July in registration year (per dog) | 50% of normal fee |
| Seeing eye/hearing ear dog | No charge |
| Transfer registered dog from one area to another | No charge |
| More than two dogs per urban property licence | $240 |
| Fee when a person/s who holds a licence for more than two dogs per urban property moves to a new address and they notify Council that they have moved | $120 |
| Fee when a person/s holds a licence for more than two dogs per urban property moves to a new address and they do not notify Council that they have moved | $240 |
| Microchip implant | $25 |
| Replacement dog tag | $6 |
| Rehoming fee (if dog is not micro chipped, then micro chipping fee is added to this fee) | $99 |
| Impounding fees (add sustenance) | |
| First impounding | $123 |
| Second impounding | $200 |
| Third and subsequent impounding | $300 |
| Disposal of dog | $52 |
| Seizure fee | $200 |
| Fee for microchip implant for dog that has been impounded and did not previously have a microchip | $36 |
| Note: Number of impounding's relate to life of dog | |
| Sustenance fees while impounded | |
| The second and subsequent days of impounding (per day) | $16 |
| Equipment | |
| Dog collar - extra small | Actual cost |
| Dog collar - small | Actual cost |
| Dog collar - medium | Actual cost |
| Dog collar - large | Actual cost |
| Leads - large | Actual cost |
| Purchase of a barking collar | Actual cost |
| Note: the fees below are set by statute, not Council | |
| Infringement Fines (Dog Control Act 1996 Schedule 1 - set by statute) | |
| Note: in order to improve transparency, fines set by central government legislation have also been included | |
| 18 Wilful obstruction of dog control officer or ranger | $750 |
| 19(2) Failure or refusal to supply information or wilfully providing false particulars | $750 |
| 19A(2) Failure to supply information or wilfully providing false particulars about dog | $750 |
| 20(5) Failure to comply with any bylaw authorised by the section | $300 |
| 28(5) Failure to comply with effects of disqualification | $750 |
| 32(2) Failure to comply with effects of classification of dog as dangerous dog | $300 |
| 32(4) Fraudulent sale or transfer of dangerous dog | $500 |
| 33E(2) Failure to comply with effects of classification of dog as menacing dog | $300 |
| 36A(6) Failure to implant microchip transponder in dog | $300 |
| 41 False statement relating to dog registration | $750 |
| 42 Failure to register dog | $300 |
| 46(4) Fraudulent procurement or attempt to procure replacement dog registration label or disc | $500 |
| 48(3) Failure to advise change of dog ownership | $100 |
| 49(4) Failure to advise change of address | $100 |
| 51(1) Removal, swapping or counterfeiting of registration label or disc | $500 |
| 52A Failure to keep dog controlled or confined | $200 |
| 53(1) Failure to keep dog under control | $200 |
| 54(2) Failure to provide proper care and attention, to supply proper and sufficient food, water and shelter, and to provide adequate exercise | $300 |
| 54A Failure to carry leash in public | $100 |
| 62(4) Allowing dog known to be dangerous to be at large unmuzzled or unleashed | $300 |
Schedule 1: substituted on 7 July 2004 by section 26 of the Dog Control Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 61)
