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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (28 November) . . Page.. 3272 ..
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (12.11): Mr Speaker, I ask for leave to move amendments Nos 1 to 3 circulated in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR SMYTH: I move:
No 1-
Page 3, line 17, paragraph (1) (b), insert at the end of the paragraph "if the applicant is disqualified from keeping the dog, any dog, a dog of that kind or any animal".
No 2-
Page 3, line 17, after subclause (1) insert the following new note:
"Note Section 72 deals with the disqualification of a person from keeping an animal.".
No 3-
Page 3, line 18, subclause (2), omit the subclause.
I present an explanatory memorandum. Clause 7 relates to the registration approval or refusal process. The amendments make it clear that the only reason that the registrar may refuse to register a dog is if the proposed keeper has been disqualified by a court order from keeping such a dog.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause 7, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 8 to 12, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 13.
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services) (12.12): I move:
No 4-
Page 5, line 8, insert the following new subclause:
"(2) If the registered keeper of a dog is disqualified from keeping the dog, any dog, a dog of that kind or any animal, the registrar must cancel the registration of the dog.
Note Section 72 deals with the disqualification of a person from keeping an animal.".
Clause 13 deals with the cancellation of a registration. The amendment seeks to provide that registration can be cancelled if the registered keeper of the dog is disqualified from the keeping of that dog. This will bring the bill into line with the amendments that we have just made to clause 7.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 13, as amended, agreed to.
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