Registering changes

All dog and cat registrations expire on 9 April each year. You will receive a reminder in February to ensure payment is made by 10 April to renew your pet registration for the following year.

Renew your pet registration

Registering a pet when moving to Banyule

You can transfer current year registration details from another council to Banyule.

Contact us and provide a certificate of registration, microchipping or desexing notice. A $6.20 fee applies.

Assistance and working dogs

These dogs must be registered (free) once with us, and there is no renewal thereafter.

If your pet(s) have been desexed or you have changed address, remember to update your pet registration.

We need your correct postal address to send out registration renewal reminder letters, and your street address to return roaming pets if we pick them up.

Update your pet registration details

Change of pet ownership

If a registered pet changes ownership or if you buy or sell a registered pet, you need to update the owner details.

Both the former and new owners must sign the form. This helps to ensure that we take a roaming animal back to its correct owner.

Per dog

Per cat

Reduced rates for pensioners and concession card holders

If you are a pensioner or concession card holder, you pay 50% of the relevant fee, plus the state government levy. Eligible cards are:

• Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card
• Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card
• Department of Veterans' Affairs Repatriation Health Card specifying a War Widow TPI.

Centrelink health care cards are not eligible for concession fees 

Owners of restricted, menacing or dangerous dogs do not receive a reduced fee.

Victorian Government levy for dogs or cats is $4.65 each.

To claim your concession, upload a copy of your concession card when asked while completing your online application.

Transfer

The transfer fee for bringing a dog or cat from a different council to Banyule is $6.90.

Registration must be paid up to 9 April in the current period with proof from previous council required.

Reduced rates for organisational registration

You are eligible for a reduced fee if your pet(s) are registered with one of the organisations below. If you fall into one of these categories please contact Council for further information.

• Dogs Victoria (owner must be registered with)
• Master Dog Breeders Association
• Feline Control Council of Victoria Inc.
• The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy Australia and Victorian Inc.

If your animal is already receiving a reduced fee registration then no further rebate will apply.

Your pet registration dollars at work

Your registration fees help pay for our animal control services, including:

• 24-hour emergency service
• a pound/shelters for lost, stray and unwanted animals
• community education
• support or enhance dog park facilities, such as dog waste bins
• support animal management staff in returning animals to their owners
• support training to develop the skills of animal management staff
• action on nuisance response complaint, such as barking dogs, trespassing complaints, wandering and stray animals
• ensuring the presence of park and street patrols
• dangerous and restricted breed dog management.

We will send you a tag when you first register your pet. You must put the tag on your pet’s collar. This tag helps us to find the owners of pets that roam. If it needs replacing you can request a tag replacement online for for a fee of $6.90.

Pet numbers

You can have 2 cats and 2 dogs. If you want to have any more you need to apply for an excess animals permit(PDF, 187KB).