16. Districts in which dog control officer or dog ranger may exercise
 powers---(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a dog
 control officer or dog ranger may exercise the powers conferred upon him
 or her by this Act only within the district of the territorial authority
 by which he or she is appointed.

   (2) Any 2 or more territorial authorities may enter into a written
 agreement whereby the services of the dog control officer or officers or
 dog ranger or rangers employed by any of those authorities are made
 available to any other of those authorities; and in any such case the
 dog control officer or officers or dog ranger or rangers shall be
 entitled to exercise his or her or their powers in the districts of each
 such authority as if he or she or they were employed by that authority.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 17