Dog and Cat Management (Breeder Reforms) Amendment Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Dog and Cat Management (Breeder Reforms) Amendment Bill 2024 A Bill For An Act to amend the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 and to make a related amendment to the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 3 Amendment of section 3—Objects 4 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation 5 Amendment of section 12—Composition of Board 6 Amendment of section 17—Proceedings 7 Insertion of Part 2 Division 2A Division 2A—Centralised registration and management system 20 Board to establish centralised registration and management system 8 Amendment of section 24—Annual report 9 Amendment of section 25—Dog and Cat Management Fund 10 Amendment of section 25D—General powers of authorised persons 11 Amendment of section 26—Council responsibility for management of dogs and cats 12 Substitution of section 26A 26A Plans of management relating to dogs and cats 13 Amendment of section 31—Offence to hinder etc authorised person 14 Amendment of section 34—Registration procedure for individual dogs 15 Repeal of section 35 16 Amendment of section 37—Notifications to ensure accuracy of registers 17 Repeal of section 38 18 Amendment of section 42E—Certain dogs and cats to be desexed 19 Amendment of section 43—Dogs not to be allowed to wander at large 20 Amendment of section 44—Dogs not to be allowed to attack etc 21 Amendment of section 45A—Miscellaneous duties relating to dogs 22 Amendment of section 45B—Dogs of prescribed breed 23 Amendment of section 45C—Greyhounds 24 Amendment of section 45D—Attack trained dogs, guard dogs and patrol dogs 25 Amendment of section 50—Destruction and control orders 26 Amendment of section 51—Grounds on which orders may be made 27 Amendment of section 55—Contravention of order 28 Amendment of section 56—Notification to council 29 Amendment of section 57—Notification of order to proposed new owner of dog 30 Amendment of section 59B—Contravention of Prohibition Order 31 Insertion of Part 5 Division 4 Division 4—Recognition of interstate orders 59C Recognition of certain interstate orders 32 Amendment of section 60—Power to seize and detain dogs 33 Amendment of section 61—Procedure following seizure of dog 34 Amendment of section 62—Destruction or disposal of seized dog 35 Amendment of section 63—Power to destroy cats 36 Amendment of section 64—Power to seize and detain cats 37 Amendment of section 64D—Notification to owner of dog or cat destroyed etc under Part 38 Substitution of Part 7 Part 7—Breeder's licences Division 1—Preliminary 68 Meaning of to breed and bred 69 Board may publish or adopt standards and guidelines Division 2—Licensing of breeders of dogs and cats 70 Offence to breed dogs or cats unless licensed 71 Application for licence 71A Terms and conditions of licence 71B Reporting obligations 71C Renewal of breeder's licence 71D Suspension or cancellation of breeder's licence 71E Dealing with dogs and cats where breeder's licence suspended or cancelled 71F Register of licensed breeders Part 7AA—Sale of dogs and cats Division 1—Sale etc of dogs and cats 71G Offence to sell etc dogs of prescribed breed 71H Offences relating to sale of certain dogs and cats 71I Certain information to be given to buyers 39 Amendment of section 72—Review of certain decisions by South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal 40 Insertion of section 73 73 Sharing of information between Board and councils etc 41 Amendment of section 83—No liability for action taken under Act 42 Insertion of sections 84 and 84A 84 Liability of directors 84A Conduct by officers etc of body corporate 43 Amendment of section 86—General defences 44 Repeal of section 87 45 Substitution of section 88 88 Evidentiary provision 46 Substitution of section 89 89 Appropriation of penalties etc 47 Substitution of section 90A 90A Review of Act 48 Amendment of section 91—Regulations Schedule 1—Related amendments and transitional etc provisions Part 1—Amendment of Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 1 Amendment of section 20AA—Causing harm to, or assaulting, certain emergency workers etc Part 2—Transitional etc provisions 2 Composition of Board 3 Transitional arrangements for registered breeders