Christmas Island - Dog Registration

Advertisement

Procedure

1. Before you apply for the procedure make sure that you have secured all necessary documents you will need to present to prove that your dog is healthy.
2. To register your dog, you will need to go to the Shire office and fill up the appropriate form.
3. Submit the completed form and pay the registration fee.
4. A tag will be issued once the dog is registered and the tag must be worn at all times. Notifications must be provided to the Shire when there is a change in ownership or address of the dog.

Advertisement

Required Documents

• Certificate issued by a Veterinarian

Office Locations & Contacts

Shire of Christmas Island
Office Location
George Fam Centre
2 Murray Road
Christmas Island

Mailing Address:
PO Box 863
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean WA 6798

Phone : (08) 9164 8300
Fax : (08) 9164 8304

Shire Ranger
0439 215 309 or 91648300
(extension 242)

Eligibility

Provide eligibility criteria's for going through this procedure.

Fees

Dog Registration :

• Certified copy of entry in the register $5.00
• Annual registration, unsterilised dog or bitch unless a concessional rate applies: $50.00

Concessional registration rates:

1. Sterilised dog or bitch, annual registration: $15.00
2. Guide dogs: Nil
3. Dogs owned by pensioners referred to in regulation 4(2) : 50% of fee otherwise payable
4. Registration after 31 May in any year, for that registration year: 50% of fee otherwise payable

Three year registration period:

1. Sterilised dog or bitch: $18.00
2. Unsterised dog or bitch: $75.00

Dogs kept in an approved kennel establishment licensed under section 27 of the Act, where not otherwise registered: $110.00 per establishment

Dogs certified by the Director of the State Emergency Services as being tracker dogs Used for the purposes of the State Emergency Services in the specified registration year: $1.00

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Sample Documents

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing Time

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Instructions

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required Information

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

As stated in the Shire of Christmas Island Local Dog Law 2001, all dogs over the age of three months must be registered. A tag will be issued once the dog is registered and the tag must be worn at all times. Notifications must be provided to the Shire when there is a change in ownership or address of the dog. Fines imposed for an unregistered dog are currently $110 and dogs found in public places without a collar or registration tag render the owner liable to a $55 fine.

Information which might help

A tag will be issued once the dog is registered at the Shire of Christmas Island (Shire). In public places the tag must be worn at all times and notifications must be provided to the Shire when there is a change in ownership or address of the dog. Fines imposed for an unregistered dog are currently $110 and dogs found in public places without a collar or registration tag render the owner liable to a $55 fine.

In public places leashes, restraints and/or harnesses must be used to control dogs and there are no designated exercise areas on Christmas Island. Dogs not restrained correctly render the owner/controller liable to the provisions of the Dog Act (CI) 1976 that may carry a modified penalty. The same applies for dogs that become a nuisance, especially dog barking and dangerous dogs. It is also the responsibility of the dog owner and/or controller to pick up any excreta the dog may leave behind and to dispose of.

A dog pound is provided at the Shire Depot and nuisance or missing dogs can be reported to the Shire Ranger on 0439 215 309 or 91648300 (extension 242). Further general information regarding dog registration and control can also be directed to these numbers, or in person at the Shire Administration Office, George Fam Centre Murray Road Christmas Island.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Shire of Christmas Island

Others

More information which might help people.