78. Regulations---(1) The Governor-General may from time to time, by
 Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following
 purposes:
   (a) Prescribing the forms of applications, notices, and other
         documents for the purposes of this Act and requiring the use of
         such forms:
   (b) Specifying, for the purposes of section 35 (4) of this Act and in
         relation to the dogs register, purposes for which any person
         shall be entitled to be informed of the name and address of the
         owner of any dog:
   (c) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, regulating or
         prohibiting the keeping or possession, either generally or
         within any specified district or within any specified part of
         New Zealand, of dogs of any specified type or breed or
         cross-breed:
   (d) Providing for such other matters as are contemplated by or
         necessary for giving full effect to this Act and for its due
         administration.

   (2) Regulations made under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this
 section that relate to a particular breed or cross-breed of dog shall
 specify, with due particularity, the criteria that are to be used for
 the purpose of determining whether a dog is of a particular breed or
 cross-breed.

   (3) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
 conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 who keeps or has possession of
 any dog in contravention of any regulations made under paragraph (c) of
 subsection (1) of this section; and the Court shall, on convicting any
 person of that offence, make an order for the destruction of the dog
 unless satisfied that the circumstances of the offence were exceptional
 and are unlikely to be repeated.

   (4) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section makes it an offence for
 any person---
   (a) To keep a dog, or to have a dog in that person's possession,---
           (i) Pursuant to a power of seizure conferred by this Act or
         any other Act; or
           (ii) In accordance with an order made under this Act for the
         destruction of that dog:
   (b) To impound a dog under this Act:
   (c) To confine a dog in any quarantine facility registered under
         section 39 of the Biosecurity Act 1993:
   (d) To hold a dog in the custody of any society established to prevent
         cruelty to animals.