Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019
Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019
Public Act |
2019 No 75 |
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Date of assent |
13 December 2019 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Act 2019.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Dog Control Act 1996 (the principal Act).
4 New section 66A and cross-heading inserted
After section 66, insert:
Category 1 offences
66A Jurisdiction for category 1 offences
(1)
The District Court presided over by 2 or more Justices of the Peace has jurisdiction in respect of any category 1 offence under this Act.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the offences described in the following sections:
(a)
section 32(2):
(b)
section 57(2):
(c)
section 57A(2):
(d)
section 61(2):
(e)
section 62(4):
(f)
section 78(3).
(3)
In this section, category 1 offence has the same meaning as in section 6(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.
Legislative history
3 May 2018 |
Introduction (Bill 57–1) |
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5 September 2018 |
First reading and referral to Primary Production Committee |
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12 April 2019 |
Reported from Primary Production Committee |
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13 November 2019 |
Second reading |
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4 December 2019 |
Committee of the whole House |
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10 December 2019 |
Third reading |
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13 December 2019 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.