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Dogs (Amendment) Act 2002

LAWS OF TUVALU

DOGS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002

(Act 3 of 2002)

I assent

Rt. Hon Sir Dr. Tomasi Puapua
PC KBE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Dated February, 2002

An Act to amend the Dogs Act (Cap 46) to extend the power of the Minister to make regulations for the controlling of dogs running at large and matters incidental thereto.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Tuvalu-

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Dogs (Amendment) Act 2002 and shall come into effect on such date as the Minister by notice appoint. Amendment to section 9 (1) of Cap 46 2 Section 9 (1) of the Dogs Act is repealed in its entirety and substituting with the following -9(1) The Minister may make regulations to provide for-

(i) the destroying of or the detention in quarantine and isolation of any dog arriving in Tuvalu from abroad for any length of time and under such conditions as may be deemed expedient;

(ii) the controlling and prohibiting the movement of dogs as between islands in Tuvalu;

(iii) the controlling and prohibiting of dogs running at large and matters incidental thereto.