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When do you need to register your cat or dog?
- All dogs over three months of age must be microchipped and registered.
- All cats over six months of age must be sterilised, microchipped and registered.
Online animal registration
Cat and dog registration
Registration
Please note the animal registration period runs from 1 November until the 31 October every year. Therefore from 1 June until October the registration is at half rate of the applicable fees.
Registration fees
Cat registration fees
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1 Year Renewal
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3 Year Renewal
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Lifetime Renewal
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Cats
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Sterilised cat
(It is a legal requirement that your cat is sterilised)
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$20
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$10
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$42.50
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$21.25
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$100
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$50
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Dog registration fees/sterilisation refunds
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1 Year Renewal
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3 Year Renewal
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Lifetime Renewal
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Dogs
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Full Fee
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Pension Concession
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Unsterilised dog
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$50
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$25
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$120
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$60
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$250
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$125
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Sterilised dog
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$20
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$10
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$42.50
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$21.25
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$100
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$50
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Notes for pensioners and people on low income
- The State Government has provided funding to assist and provide low cost sterilisation for cats owned by pensioners and people on low incomes.
- Pensioners receive a discount on registration fees.
Terms and conditions
- You must be 18 years of age or older to register an animal.
- If your animal is sterilised, you must attach either a Veterinary Surgeon's Certificate or a Signed Statutory Declaration. Otherwise an officer may sight the ear tattoo in person (appointment required).
Dogs
- The dog must be effectively confined in or at the premises identified.
- If the dog is to be kept for the purposes of the crown, note that Dog Act 1976 does not apply.
- You must not currently be banned from owning or keeping a dog under the Dog Act 1976 section 46A(2).
- It is an offence for your cat or dog to not wear a collar with the registration tag and you can be given an on-the-spot fine of $200 for failure to do so.
- Your most recent tag must be displayed on your dog from the date you receive it.
Cats
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- Your cat is required to be sterilised and microchipped before it can be registered unless it is exempt under the Cat Act 2011.
- Once your cat or dog is registered with the Shire, you will be issued a registration certificate, as well as a valid registration tag which your cat or dog is required to wear on its collar. Please not registration tags change in colour each year.
- It is an offence for your cat or dog to not wear a collar with the registration tag and you can be given an on-the-spot fine of $200 for failure to do so.
More information and contact
If you have any questions about registering your cat or dog, please contact us.