37. Territorial authority to set fees---(1) The dog control fees
 payable to a territorial authority shall be those reasonable fees
 prescribed by resolution of that authority for the registration and
 control of dogs under this Act.

   (2) Any resolution made under subsection (1) of this section may---
   (a) Fix fees for neutered dogs that are lower than the fee for dogs
         that have not been neutered:
   (b) Fix fees for working dogs that are lower than the fee for any
         other dog, and may limit the number of working dogs owned by any
         person which qualify for lower fees under this section:
   (c) Fix different fees for the various classes of working dogs:
   (d) Fix fees for dogs under a specified age (not exceeding 12 months)
         that are lower than the fee that would otherwise be payable for
         those dogs:
   (e) Fix, for any dog that is registered by any person who demonstrates
         to the satisfaction of any dog control officer that that person
         has a specified level of competency in terms of responsible dog
         ownership, a fee that is lower than the fee that would otherwise
         be payable for that dog:
   (f) Fix by way of penalty, subject to subsection (3) of this section,
         an additional fee, for the registration on or after the 1st day
         of the second month of the registration year or such later date
         as the authority may fix, of any dog that was required to be
         registered on the first day of that registration year:
   (g) Fix a fee for the issue of a replacement registration label or
         disc for any dog.

   (3) Any additional fee by way of penalty fixed under subsection (2)
 (f) of this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the fee that would
 have been payable if the dog had been registered on the first day of the
 registration year.

   (4) In prescribing fees under this section, the territorial authority
 shall have regard to the relative costs of the registration and control
 of dogs in the various categories described in paragraphs (a) to (e) of
 subsection (2) of this section, and such other matters as the
 territorial authority considers relevant.

   (5) Where any 2 or more territorial authorities have formed a joint
 standing or joint special committee in accordance with section 7 of this
 Act, the resolution of that committee under subsection (1) of this
 section may fix different fees in respect of dogs kept in the different
 districts, having regard to the costs of registration and dog control in
 the districts concerned.

   (6) The territorial authority shall, at least once during the month
 preceding the start of every registration year, publicly notify in a
 newspaper circulating in its district the dog control fees fixed for the
 registration year.

   (7) Failure by the territorial authority to give the public notice
 required by subsection (6) of this section, or the occurrence of any
 error or misdescription in such public notice, shall not affect the
 liability of any person to comply with this Act or to pay any fee that
 is prescribed by the territorial authority under subsection (1) of this
 section.

   (8) No increase in the dog control fees for any year shall come into
 effect other than at the commencement of that year.

   (9) This section shall come into force on the day on which this Act
 receives the Royal assent.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 49; 1990, No. 27, s. 44