Dog Control (Cancellation of Microchipping Requirements) Amendment Bill

                                  Member's Bill

                                Explanatory Note

                            General policy statement
This Bill cancels the requirement to implant microchip transponders in all dogs 
newly registered from 1 July 2006 unless they are classified as menacing or 
dangerous under sections 33A or 31 respectively.

                           Clause by clause analysis
Clause 1 is the Title clause.

Clause 2 provides for the bill to come into force on 1 July 2006.

Clause 3 indicates the Act which this bill amends.

Clause 4 sets out the purpose of the bill, which is to make it unnecessary to 
implant microchip transponders in dogs unless they are classified as menacing 
or dangerous.

Clause 5 amends section 36A by repealing those subsections and those parts of 
section 36A(5)(b) which require dogs which are classified neither as menacing 
nor as dangerous to be implanted with microchip transponders.

Clause 6 amends section 69A by inserting words to clarify that it refers only 
to dogs which have been classified as menacing or dangerous. It also repeals 
section 69A(2) so that the microchipping is required for an impounded menacing 
or dangerous dog even if it is the first time the dog has been impounded.
 

                             Jeanette Fitzsimons 

   Dog Control (Cancellation of Microchipping Requirements) Amendment Bill

                                Member's Bill

                                  Contents 

1   Title

2   Commencement

3   Principal Act amended

4   Purpose

5   Microchip transponder must be implanted in certain dogs

6   Impounded dog must be microchipped and registered before release


The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:


    1 Title
This Act is the Dog Control (Cancellation of Microchipping Requirements) 
Amendment Act 2006.


    2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2006.


    3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Dog Control Act 1996.


    4 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to cancel the requirement to implant microchip 
transponders in all dogs registered for the first time after 30 June 2006 while 
still requiring them to be implanted in all dogs classified as menacing or 
dangerous under sections 33 and 31 respectively.


    5 Microchip transponder must be implanted in certain dogs

  (1)  Subsections (1)(c), (3)(b),  (3A), and (4) of section 36A are repealed.

  (2)  Section 36A(5)(b) is amended by omitting "or is registered".


    6 Impounded dog must be microchipped and registered before release

  (1)  The heading to section 69A is amended by inserting "menacing or 
dangerous" after "Impounded".

  (2)  Section 69A(1) is amended by inserting "that has been classified as 
menacing or dangerous and" after "A registered dog".

  (3)  Section 69A(2) is repealed.

  (4)  Section 69A(4) is amended by inserting "that has been classified as 
menacing or dangerous and" after "An unregistered dog".