A selective Approved Inspection Program will be carried out to ensure compliance with registration and microchipping requirements, and the regulated dog conditions of the Animal Management (Cats & Dogs) Act 2008.
Purpose
To ensure the owners of dogs in the Tablelands Regional Council area have complied with registration and microchipping requirements, and owners of regulated dogs are keeping their dogs as per the required conditions of the Animal Management (Cats & Dogs) Act 2008.
Timing
The selective inspection program will be conducted 7am–6pm from Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 18 May 2025. Most inspections will be undertaken during normal working hours and at times to suit residents.
Properties to be Inspected
Properties that:
- records show registration and/or microchipping for a dog that was not renewed for the 2024–25 registration period (by Sunday 30 June 2024)
- we receive information or ascertain that unregistered and/or un-microchipped dog/s are being kept at the property
- records show have a regulated dog.
Enforcement
A warning letter giving 10 business days to register and/or microchip will be issued if we identify a dog that has not been registered and/or microchipped for 2024–25. Weekly checks on our animal registration system will ideinfity if these animals are then registered and/or microchipped. A penalty infringement notice (PIN) will be issued when animals have not been registered and/or microchipped, or the owners have not contacted us to make alternative arrangements.
PINs
- unregistered — maximum of 20 penalty units
- not microchipped — maximum of 20 penalty units
If a regulated dog is not being kept as per the required conditions, a PIN (maximum of 150 penalty units) and regulated dog compliance notice will be issued.