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Dog Control Act 1996  013
Commenced: 1 Jul 1996
Disqualification of Owners
30   Maintenance of records and provision of information




   30. Maintenance of records and provision of information---(1) For the
 purposes of this section and of sections 21 to 29 of this Act, and only
 for those purposes, every territorial authority shall---
   (a) Maintain a record of every order made under section 78A (1) of the
         Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and of every order deemed to have
         been made under section 21 (5) of that Act, in respect of an
         infringement offence committed within the previous 30 months in
         respect of which---
           (i) An information was laid by the territorial authority
         pursuant to section 65 (2) (a) of this Act; or
           (ii) An infringement notice was issued by the territorial
         authority.
   (b) Maintain a record of every infringement notice issued by the
         territorial authority under this Act in respect of an offence
         committed within the previous 30 months in respect of which the
         infringement fee has been paid; and
   (c) Maintain a full record of,---
           (i) Every decision of that territorial authority to classify a
         person as a probationary owner under subsection (1) or
         subsection (2) of section 21 of this Act; and
           (ii) Every decision of that territorial authority to uphold
         such classification under section 22 (4) of this Act;---
          for so long as that classification remains in force; and
   (d) Maintain a full record of,---
           (i) Every decision of that territorial authority to disqualify
         any person under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 25
         of this Act; and
           (ii) Every decision of that territorial authority to uphold
         disqualification under section 26 (4) of this Act; and
           (iii) Every decision of that territorial authority to extend,
         under section 28 (6) of this Act, a period of
         disqualification;---
          for so long as that disqualification remains in force.

   (2) Every territorial authority---
   (a) Shall, where any officer of any other territorial authority so
         requests for the purposes of this Act, inform that officer
         whether any person named in that request,---
           (i) Is shown, by any record kept by that territorial authority
         pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of
         this section to have committed, within the meaning of section 21
         (3) or section 25 (3) of this Act, any infringement offence and,
         if so, the date and nature of that offence; or
           (ii) Is for the time being classified as a probationary owner
         under section 21 of this Act by virtue of a decision of that
         territorial authority and, if so, the date on which that
         classification will terminate; or
           (iii) Is for the time being disqualified under section 25 of
         this Act by virtue of a decision of the territorial authority
         and, if so, the date on which that disqualification will
         terminate:
   (b) Shall, where any person classified as a probationary owner by that
         territorial authority has objected to another territorial
         authority against that classification, forward to the other
         territorial authority such information held in the records kept
         under subsection (1) (c) of this section as is necessary for the
         purposes of section 22 (3) (a) of this Act:
   (c) Shall, where any person disqualified by that territorial authority
         has objected to another territorial authority against that
         disqualification, forward to the other territorial authority
         such information held in the records kept under subsection (1)
         (d) of this section as is necessary for the purpose of section
         26 (3) (a) of this Act.

   (3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to all information
 received by a territorial authority pursuant to subsection (2) (a) of
 this section as if that territorial authority had taken the actions
 referred to in that subsection.

   (4) At the expiration of any period during which any territorial
 authority is required by this section to maintain any records and
 information, those records and that information shall be destroyed by
 the territorial authority.
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