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Dog control laws

Review of dog control bylaw and policy 2008

The submission period to the proposed dog control bylaw and policy closed on Friday 2 May 2008.

The Dog Control Act 1996 requires the council to adopt a dog policy (Section 10(1). The Act also says the council must give effect to its dog control policy by making the necessary bylaw (Section 10(6).

On 1 September 2004, the council introduced a new dog policy and a new dog control bylaw (part 12 of the Auckland City Consolidated Bylaw 1998). Clause 7 of the dog policy stated that the council would review the size and availability of off-leash dog exercise areas every three years and as part of the council's strategic growth management process. The proposed dogs policy is in response to this.

• Read the proposed dog control bylaw
• Read the proposed dog policy

Current policies

Dog control bylaw
Auckland City's Consolidated Bylaw, Part 12 Dog control, sets out the requirements for the control of dogs in public places, requirements to remove dog faeces from public places, and places limitations on the number of dogs that can be kept in different parts of Auckland city.

Dog policy
Auckland City Council's dog policy sets out regulations around owning dogs and taking them out in public.

Changes to Auckland City's dog policy, which sets out regulations around owning dogs and taking them out in public, were introduced on Thursday, 1 September 2004.

The changes were made under the Dog Control Act 2003, which required councils to review their dog policies, and make any necessary amendments to bylaws. Check the summary of the key provisions in the Dog Control Amendment Act 2003 which came into effect on 1 December 2003.

Updated May 2008