Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DOG CONTROL (AMENDMENT) ACT 1991 (NO. 96 OF 1991) - SECT 21

21. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

“(2) The Registrar shall not sell or destroy a dog if—

        (a)     at the end of the relevant period referred to in subsection (1) an application for a licence in relation to the dog is pending with the Registrar; or

        (b)     a decision of—

              (i)     the Registrar in respect of a licence in relation to the dog; or

              (ii)     a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or a court relating to the decision of the Registrar;

has not become final.

“(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (b), a decision referred to in that paragraph shall be taken to have become final if no application for review has been made, or appeal instituted, within 28 days after the date of the decision.”.