Dog and cat registrations

In accordance with the Domestic (Feral & Nuisance) Animals Act 1994, all dogs and cats over the age of 3 months are required to be registered and microchipped with their local Council.

The registration of a dog or cat or renewal of such registration remains in force until 10 April of the year following the registration or renewal. Failure to apply to register a dog or cat can incur an on the spot infringement of $289.00 per animal.

If you have already registered your pet, you will receive a renewal notice in the mail. Details on how to pay are listed on the form.

If you have a new pet you need to complete the Animal Registration Application Form and submit it to the Civic Centre on Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine.

You will also need to bring the completed form along with proof of microchip.

If you are applying for a discounted registration fee you also need to provide proof of any one or combination of the following:
- desexed
- over ten years old
- used for breeding by proprietor of Domestic Animal Business
- registered with applicable organisation
- obedience training which complies with the regulations
- kept for working stock
- concession card

The Customer Service team at the Civic Centre can also provide a printed Animal Registration Form.

The new registration fee as of 10 April 2018 for a microchipped de-sexed dog or cat is $45.00 or $22.50 for pensioners. The full fee which applies to non-de-sexed animals is $135.00 or $67.50 for pensioners.

With all registrations, Council will waive 50 per cent of the prescribed fee if the owner is an eligible recipient under the State Concessions Act 1986. To be eligible for concession you must provide proof of a current pension card.

Owners of dogs are required under the Domestic (Feral & Nuisance) Animals Act 1994, to complete a declaration upon registration of a dog, as to the ownership or non-ownership of a “Restricted Breed Dog”

A number of payment options are available for your convenience including online, by telephone or in person. Visit our payments page to find out more or make an online payment.

Eligible Concession Cards:

A concession fee is available to persons who are holders of current cards listed below: A photocopy/proof of the pension card must accompany any claims for concession on animal registrations.

Pensioner Health Benefit Cards (or Pensioner Concession Cards) issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia
Persons who are holders of a current State Concession Card issued by the Department of Health and Community Services.
Persons who at the time of registration are in receipt of Commonwealth unemployment or sickness benefits or State financial assistance.

And to:

TPI - War Pensioners:
British Commonwealth Service Pensioners in receipt of a pension form, and assessed as eligible by the Department of Veteran Affairs.
War widows, war widowed mothers, unmarried mothers of deceased unmarried serviceman whose circumstances are such that if the pension they were receiving was payable under the Social Service Act they would be entitled to a Pensioner Health Benefit Card (or a Pensioner Concession Card)