Project Overview

Animal Management Subordinate Local Law Amendments 2019

Gladstone Regional Council is proposing to amend its Subordinate Local Law that contains provisions relating to the management of animals within the region.

Council resolved at its General Meeting held on 19 November 2019 to propose to make Animal Management (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No. 1) 2019 which amends Subordinate Local Law No. 2 (Animal Management) 2011.

The purpose and general effect of the amendment subordinate local law is to:

• prescribe animals that may be disposed of without auction or tender
  (the addition of stock including pigs); and
  
  
• prohibit the keeping of prescribed animals
  (amendments to clarify that miniatures of breeds are also excluded in certain areas, changes to poultry, and the number of animals permitted to be kept on land between 10,001m² and 20,000m² is better defined); and
  
  
• require an approval in respect of the keeping of prescribed animals
  (2 dogs to be permitted through an application process in multi-residential premises); and
  
  
• prescribe minimum standards for the keeping of animals
  (amendments to require a top cover on enclosures for animals that can fly); and
  
  
• prohibit animals in public places in specified circumstances
  (makes provision for animals used for commercial purposes such as camel or pony rides, in some public areas via a permit system); and
  
  
• identify dog off-leash areas
  (includes the new off-leash areas for dog agility areas in Calliope and Bororen and the Boyne River foreshore excluding turtle nesting season).
  
  

A copy of the public notice is available online.

No anti-competitive provisions have been identified in the proposed subordinate local law.