Dog Control Bylaw 2025
Horowhenua District Council's Dog Control Bylaw 2025 was adopted by Council on 25 June 2025 and comes into effect from 30 September 2025.
Purpose of the bylaw
The purpose of this bylaw is to give effect to the Horowhenua Dog Policy 2025 by specifying the requirements for dog owners in the Horowhenua District.
It aims to:
- making better provision for the care and control of dogs by:
- requiring the registration of dogs; and
- making special provision in relation to menacing and dangerous dogs; and
- imposing on the owners, obligations designed to ensure that dogs do not cause a nuisance to any person and do not injure, endanger, or cause distress to any person; and
- imposing on owners of dogs, obligations designed to ensure that dogs do not injure, endanger, or cause distress to any stock, poultry, domestic animal, or protected wildlife; and
- making provision in relation to damage caused by dogs.
Dog Control Bylaw 2025(PDF, 579KB)
Repeal
As from the date on which this bylaw comes into force, being 30 September 2025, the Horowhenua District Council Dog Control Bylaw 2015 shall be repealed.
In respect of such repeal the provision of Section 19 & 20 of the Interpretation Act 1999 shall apply providing that the repeal of any bylaw shall not prevent any such bylaw from being put into force for the collection or recovery of any such charges, fees, fines, penalties, or otherwise in relation thereto.