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Dog Control


Schedule of Fees and Charges

All Fees include GST

 

DOG CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 37 of the Dog Control Act 1996 the dog registration fees for the 2007/08 registration year and payable from 1 July 2007 in respect of all dogs aged 3 months or over, be based on the existing fees, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Dogs

 

 

 

$110.00

$114.00

Urban plus Neutered Dogs

 

 

$85.00

$88.00

Urban plus Special Owner Dogs

 

 

$85.00

$88.00

Rural Dogs

 

 

 

$85.00

$88.00

Special Owner plus Neutered Dogs

 

$44.00

$47.00

Rural plus Special Owner Dogs

 

 

$44.00

$47.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

That an additional registration fee of 50% of the fee that would have been payable on dogs not registered by 31 July shall apply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration tags to be supplied free of charge.

 

 

 

Replacement tags to be supplied free of charge.

 

 

 

Dog collars to be supplied at true cost.

 

 

 

That all fees be inclusive of Goods and Services Tax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POUNDAGE

 

 

 

 

 

DOGS

 

 

 

 

 

That pursuant to Section 68 of the Dog Control Act 1996 the following fees by payable for impounding of dogs-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A poundage fee of

 

 

per dog

$45.00

$45.00

An additional poundage fee for second and subsequent impoundings.

per dog

$45.00

$45.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Fee for dogs uplifted for barking complaints,threatening public safety, non-registration or any other purpose authorised under the Dog Control Act 1996,the actual and reasonable costs incurred.

 

 

 

Sustenance fee

 

per dog per day or part thereof

$12.00

$12.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notification Fee

 

 

 

$12.00

$12.00

That impounded dogs only be released from the pound between the hours of 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday on full payment of all fees. No releases to be made on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER ANIMALS

 

 

 

 

 

pursuant to Section 14 of the Impounding Act 1955

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poundage

 

 

 

 

 

For every horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly or foal

 

$45.00

$45.00

For every mule or ass

 

 

 

$45.00

$45.00

For every bull above the age of 9 months

Per head up to 6 head

$45.00

$45.00

For every bull above the age of 9 months

For every head over 6 head

$20.00

$20.00

For every ox, cow, steer, heifer or calf

Per head up to 6 head

$35.00

$35.00

For every ox, cow, steer, heifer or calf

For every head over 6 head

$20.00

$20.00

For every stag above the age of 9 months

 

$45.00

$45.00

For all other deer

 

 

 

$35.00

$35.00

For every ram above the age of four months

 

$15.00

$15.00

For every ewe, wether, or lamb

 

 

$10.00

$10.00

For every goat

 

 

 

$10.00

$10.00

For every boar

 

 

 

$40.00

$40.00

For all other pigs

 

 

 

$40.00

$40.00

 

Notification Advertisement

 

 

 

 

That in addition to the above fees and to be considered part of the poundage fee, where applicable, a notification fee of a newspaper circulating in the local authority district.

$15.00

$15.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repeated Impounding

 

 

 

 

That where stock, not necessarily the same animal, but owned by the same person is impounded on a second or subsequent occasion, the Poundage fee shall be twice that charged on the initial impounding.

 

Double initial impounding     Fee

Double initial impounding     Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustenance

 

per head of stock per day.

 

 

That sustenance fees shall be payable by the owner of impounded stock sufficient to reimburse the Council for all actual and reasonable costs incurred in the sustenance of the stock provided that no such fee shall be less than.

 

$8.00

$8.00

Driving Charges

 

 

 

 

 

That in the case of any stock found trespassing, straying or wandering on any road, the owner shall pay to the Council all actual and reasonable costs incurred in loading, driving or conveying the stock from the place where it is found to the nearest pound.

 

$12.00

$12.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

That impounded stock only be released from the pound between the hours of 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday on full payment of all fees. No releases to be made on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRESPASSING

 

 

 

 

 

Trespass on any paddock of grass or stubble

 

 

 

For every horse, cattle, beast, deer ass or mule

Per day

$3.00

$3.00

For every sheep

 

 

Per day

$1.00

$1.00

For every pig or goat

 

 

Per day

$6.00

$6.00

 

Trespass on any land bearing any growing crop or from which the crop has not been removed, or in any reserve, cemetery or burial ground

 

 

For every horse, cattle, beast, deer ass or mule

Per day

$6.00

$6.00

For every sheep

 

 

Per day

$2.00

$2.00

For every pig or goat

 

 

Per day

$12.00

$12.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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