Assistance Dogs

If you have an assistance dog, you may qualify for an exemption from animal registration fees.

To be eligible for a fee exemption, your assistance dog must meet the following requirements:

• be trained to perform tasks or functions that assist a person with a disability to alleviate the effects of his or her disability (as per the EO Act definition).

• be desexed.

• be at least 12 months of age.

• be proven to have completed obedience training provided by a dog trainer.

Note: The obedience training can either be completed separately, or as part of the training undertaken to perform tasks or functions that assist the person with a disability to alleviate the effects of their disability. 

An exemption will not apply in the following circumstances:

• if the assistance dog is a declared dangerous, menacing, or restricted breed.

• if the owner of an assistance dog has been convicted of two or more offences under the DA Act, with respect to the same assistance dog.