City Of Armadale — Local Law Relating To Dogs Amendment Local Law 2019

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LG301 DOG ACT 1976 City of Armadale LOCAL LAW RELATING TO DOGS AMENDMENT LOCAL LAW 2019 Under the powers conferred by the Dog Act 1976, Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the City of Armadale resolved on 10 June 2019 to adopt the following local law. 1. Citation This local law may be cited as the City of Armadale Local Law Relating to Dogs Amendment Local Law 2019. 2. Commencement This local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of publication in the Government Gazette. 3. Principal local law This local law amends the City of Armadale Local Laws Relating to Dogs as published in the Government Gazette on 5 July 2002 and as amended in the Government Gazette on 23 October 2015. 4. Clause 1.3 amended Clause 1.3 is amended as follows— (a) in the definition of “authorized person” delete all instances of “authorized” and insert “authorised”; (b) in the definition of “pound keeper” delete “authorized” and insert “authorised”; (c) in the definition of “local government” delete “city” and replace with “City”; and (d) insert the following definitions in alphabetical order— “district” means the district of the local government; “dog management facility” has the meaning given to it by the Act; 5. Clause 2.2 amended In clause 2.2 delete “pound” and replace with “dog management facility”. 6. Clause 2.4 amended Delete clause 2.4. 7. Clause 3.1 amended Clause 3.1 is amended as follows— (a) After sub clause (2) insert— (3) Notwithstanding subclause (1) and (2), the confinement of dangerous dogs is dealt with in the Act and Regulations. (b) delete “Penalty: Where the dog kept is a dangerous dog, $4,000; otherwise $2,000.” and insert “Penalty: $2,000.” 8. Clause 3.2 amended Clause 3.2 is amended as follows— (a) in subclause (3)(d) delete “the” before “Landgate”; (b) in subclause (4) delete “Council” and insert “local government”; (c) in subclause (4)(a) delete “Council’s Policy” and insert “Local Government’s Policy”; (d) in subcl