32. Effect of classification as dangerous dog---(1) Where a dog is
classified as a dangerous dog, the owner of that dog---
(a) Shall ensure that, from a date not later than one month after the
receipt of notice of classification under section 31 (2) or
section 31 (5) of this Act, the dog is kept within a securely
fenced portion of the owner's property which it is not necessary
to enter to obtain access to at least one door of any dwelling
on the property; and
(b) Shall not allow the dog to be at large or in any public place or
in any private way other than when confined completely within a
vehicle or cage, without being muzzled in such a manner as to
prevent the dog from biting but allow it to breathe and drink
without obstruction; and
(c) Shall produce to the territorial authority, within one month after
the receipt of notice of classification under section 31 (2) or
section 31 (5) of this Act, a certificate issued by a registered
veterinary surgeon and certifying---
(i) That the dog is or has been neutered; or
(ii) That for reasons that are specified in the certificate,
the dog will not be in a fit condition to be neutered before a
date specified in the certificate; and
(d) Shall, where a certificate under paragraph (c) (ii) of this
subsection is produced to the territorial authority, produce to
the territorial authority, within one month after the date
specified in that certificate, a further certificate under
paragraph (c) of this subsection:
(e) Shall, in respect of every registration year commencing after the
date of receipt of the notice of classification under section 31
(2) or section 31 (5) of this Act, be liable for dog control
fees for that dog at 150 percent of the level that would apply
if the dog were not classified as a dangerous dog:
(f) Shall not, without the written consent of the territorial
authority in whose district the dog is to be kept, dispose of
the dog to any other person.
(2) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 who fails to comply with
subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Where a Court convicts a person of an offence against subsection
(2) of this section, the Court shall, on convicting the owner, make an
order for the destruction of the dog unless satisfied that the
circumstances of the offence were exceptional and do not justify the
destruction of the dog.
(4) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 who sells or otherwise
transfers, or offers to sell or transfer, to any other person any dog
known by that person to be classified as a dangerous dog without
disclosing the fact of that classification to that other person.