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Tararua District Council Animal Control recognises the following breeds of dogs as standard working dog breeds: Huntaway,

Heading Dog, Border Collie, Smithfield, Kelpie, and Australian Cattle Dog.

Dogs that are used for hunting, or on farm pest control are not exempt from microchipping and are not classed as a working

dog for microchipping purposes.

Should you wish to claim any other breed of dog as a working dog, you may be required to provide a practical

demonstration of the dog’s ability.

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tararua district council

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26 gordon street

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po box 115

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dannevirke 4942

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06 374 4080

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info@tararuadc.govt.nz

Dog Control Act 1996

Section 2 – Interpretation

The denition of a “working dog” and “stock” are described

overleaf.

Section 40(1) – Proof of class of dog

Where the territorial authority xes a fee for the registration

of a working dog that is lower than that xed for a dog that is

not a working dog, any person claiming to register any dog as

a working dog shall, if so required by the territorial authority,

make a written statement that the dog is a working dog of a

specied class.

Section 19a – Power of constable, dog control ofcer, or

dog ranger to request information about dog

(1) A constable, dog control ofcer, or dog ranger may, for the

purposes of this Act, request the owner of a dog to state the

name, gender, and a description of the dog.

(2) Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction

to a ne not exceeding $3,000 who, without reasonable

excuse, fails to comply with a lawful request under

subsection (1), or wilfully provides false information in

response to a request to provide the information.

Penalty for false statement

Failure to supply information and/or wilfully providing false

particulars about any dog may result in a $750.00 infringement

notice being issued.

Statement of owner regarding classification of working dog

Full name of applicant

Physical address

hereby state that the following dog(s) are in fact of the working dog type and therefore exempt from microchipping.

Dog name Breed Colour Sex Age Tag No. Dog ID

I have fully read the denition of a working dog and the denition of stock. I understand the Proof of Class and have read the

section titled ‘Penalty for False Statement’.

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Dog Control Act 1996, Section 2

working dog means—

(a) any disability assist dog:

(b) any dog—

(i) kept by the Police or any constable, the New Zealand

Customs Service, the Ministry of Agriculture and

Forestry, the Ministry of Fisheries, or the Ministry

of Defence, or any ofcer or employee of any such

department of State solely or principally for the

purposes of carrying out the functions, powers, and

duties of the Police or the department of State or that

constable, ofcer, or employee; or

(ii) kept solely or principally for the purposes of herding

or driving stock; or

(iii) kept by the Department of Conservation or any ofcer

or employee of that department solely or principally

for the purposes of carrying out the functions, duties,

and powers of that department; or

(iv) kept solely or principally for the purposes of

destroying pests or pest agents under any pest

management plan under the Biosecurity Act 1993; or

(iva) kept by the Department of Corrections or any ofcer

or employee of that department solely or principally

for the purposes of carrying out the functions, duties,

and powers of that department; or

(ivb) kept by the Aviation Security Service established

under section 72B(2)(ca) of the Civil Aviation Act

1990, or any ofcer or employee of that service solely

or principally for the purposes of carrying out the

functions, duties, and powers of that service; or

(ivc) certied for use by the Director of Civil Defence

Emergency Management for the purposes of carrying

out the functions, duties, and powers conferred by

the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002;

(v) owned by a property guard as dened in section

9 of the Private Security Personnel and Private

Investigators Act 2010 or a property guard employee

as dened in section 17 of that Act, and kept solely

or principally for the purpose of doing the things

specied in section 9(1)(a) to (c) of that Act; or

(vi) declared by resolution of the territorial authority to

be a working dog for the purposes of this Act, or any

dog of a class so declared by the authority, being

a dog owned by any class of persons specied in

the resolution and kept solely or principally for the

purposes specied in the resolution.

stock means—

(a) any live horse, cattle, sheep, swine, alpaca, llama, bison,

donkey, hinny, mule, or water buffalo that is not in a wild

state:

(b) any deer, goat, tahr, rabbit, possum, or other animal that

is kept within a fence or enclosure for domestic or farming

purposes.

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