When the animal is registered, you will be provided with a receipt. A certificate of registration will arrive in the mail within two weeks.
Cats born before July 1999 do not have to have lifetime registration if they stay with their current owner, only if they change ownership. All cats should be identified through microchipping or by using a collar and tag in case they are lost.
Assistance animals such as guide dogs are required to be microchipped and registered but there is no registration fee.
The costs of lifetime registrations are:
- for a desexed animal - $40
- for a recognised breeder - $40
- for a pensioner with a desexed animal - $15
- for an entire animal (not desexed) - $150.
Microchips are approximately the same size as a grain of rice and are inserted in the back of the animal's neck. Inside the microchips is a unique series of numbers. These numbers can be read by scanners to identify the animal's owner through the central register.
The Companion Animal Register is a state wide register that holds all the information about you and your pet. Your privacy will be protected as only authorised people can access the pet microchip registry. The information about your pet will only be used if your cat or dog is lost, hurt or stolen. This registry is not linked to any other government database or commercial databases.
- Permanent Identification form (pdf 998kb)
- Registration Form (pdf 532kb)
- Change of Address Notice (pdf 408kb)
- Change of Owner/Animal Details (pdf 147kb)
For further information regarding the Central Registry contact us, or visit the Department of Local Government website.