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Fees for Dogs and Other Animals

Registration Fees 2024/25

Dog registration fees cover one year from 1 July until 30 June. The following fees apply from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Dog owner classification Registration Fee (Incl GST) Fee if paid after 31 July
General Dog
Entire $135.00 $202.50
Desexed (Vet Certificate required) $100.00 $150.00
Dogs in excess of three (3) $45.00 $67.50
Responsible Owner Licence (ROL) Dog*
Entire $75.00 $202.50 (loss of ROL)
Desexed (Vet Certificate required) $60.00 $150.00 (loss of ROL)
Dangerous Dog
Entire - 150% general fee $202.50 $303.75
Desexed (Vet Certificate required) - 150% of general fee $150.00 $225.00
* Responsible Owner Licences (ROL) applications are accepted from 1 June to 15 July each year. Failure to register your dog by 31 July of any year will disqualify your ROL.
Miscellaneous Fee
Consent to keep more than two dogs in an urban area $60.00
Responsible Owner Licence (ROL) application fee $40.00
Property inspection fee $30.00
Replacement dog registration tag (for lost or damaged tags) $5.00

Pound Fees

Item Fee
First impounding $75.00
Second impounding $120.00
Third impounding $180.00
Sustenance Fee (additional charge) $15.00 per day
Microchipping fee to be paid for unregistered dogs before release from the pound $35.00

Fees for Keeping Other Animals

Application and inspections fees for the keeping of poultry, bees, pigs in an urban area or low density residential zone in accordance with the Nuisance Bylaw.

Keeping of animals

Fee
Application to keep additional poultry, or bees in an urban area or low density residential zone in accordance with the Nuisance Bylaw 2019 $175.00
Application to keep pigs in a low density residential zone in accordance with the Nuisance Bylaw 2019 $175.00

Stock Impounding Fees

Stock Impounding

Fee
Stallion, ass, mule or bull over the age of nine months $50.00
Mare, gelding, colt, filly, foal, ox, cow, steer, heifer or calf $50.00
Ram, ewe, wether, lamb or goat $50.00
Boar, sow or other pig* $50.00
Deer $50.00
Sustenance fee per day or part day $15.00
* The fee for the pig category is recommended to be significantly higher because of the potential damage that could be caused to the pound facilities.

Stock Callouts
(The following charges apply for each impounding occurrence and for stock on roads callouts, whether or not the stock is impounded.)

Fee
Animal control officer $175.00
Advertising Actual cost
Repeat impounding Double the per day charge
Transportation and cost of attendance, call out and vehicle charges Actual cost
Type of stockTrespass on any paddock, meadow, grass or stubble.Trespass on any land having thereon any growing crop or from which the crop has not been removed or in any reserve, cemetery or burial ground.
Horse, mare gelding, colt, filly, foal, bull, cow, steer, heifer, calf, ass, mule or deer $7.00 $10.00
Ram, ewe, wether or lamb $5.00 $6.00
Goat, boar, sow or other pig $7.00 $15.00
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