Registering your pet

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*** March 2023 update 

2023 renewal notices should have now arrived in your letterbox. 

Please note - unfortunately there has been an error by the distribution company. If you wish to pay via BPay and you have multiple pets – please disregard the renewal notice you have been sent. You will be issued with an updated renewal notice with an extended payment date of 17 April. We apologise for any inconvenience this error may cause. 

 

Pet registrations: 

All dogs and cats must be registered to their local council by the time they are three months old under state legislation.

Registering your cat or dog(PDF, 248KB) greatly improves their chances of being returned to you if they become lost.

Registration fees provide a whole range of other important services too - as a minimum you will get:

  • A Council identification marker for your pet to wear
  • Lost and found service - a guarantee that if your pet is found wearing the registration tag you will be notified.
  • Council services to respond to calls about wandering dogs or dog attacks. This includes the removal of aggressive dogs from the streets.
  • Council services to deal with nuisance problems such as barking dogs.
  • Council control of ‘dangerous’, ‘menacing’ and ‘restricted breed’ dogs in your area.
  • Council monitoring of pet shops, boarding kennels, catteries, pounds, shelters and breeding and training businesses.

 

Microchipping your pets

Council has a better chance of finding your lost cats and dogs if they are registered and microchipped.

New applications to register a dog or cat will not be accepted unless the dog / cat has been implanted with a microchip (of which proof must be provided).

This includes dogs and cats moving into the municipality from another council.

Desexing your pets

Cats

To be eligible for a reduced fee rate for cat registration your cat must be desexed and micochipped.

Proof of desexing and microchipping is required at the time of registering your cat to receive the reduced fee. 

Dogs

To be eligible for a reduced fee rate for dog registration, your dog must be desexed and microchipped.

Central Goldfields Shire Council will register an undesexed dog that is microchipped, however the full maximum fee will apply. 

Proof of desexing and microchipping is required at the time of registering your dog to receive the reduced fee.

Renewing your registration

Existing pet registrations must be renewed by 10 April each year.

Council sends a letter to all registered pet owners in the Shire to remind them when they need to renew. 

Renewal payments can be made:

  • Online via BPay - details are provided on the Domestic Animal Registration Notice 
  • In person at the Dunolly, Carisbrook, Talbot or Bealiba Post Office
  • In person at Council's Customer Service Centre, 22 Nolan Street, Maryborough

New registration payments can only be made:

  • In person at Council's Customer Service Centre, 22 Nolan Street, Maryborough. 

 

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