---
title: "Set out the section 29 offence questions for a dog attack"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-liability-questions-for-a-dog-attack/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-PL20261023-7-VIC"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Set out the section 29 offence questions for a dog attack

> List the owner or person in apparent control, the harm described in the records, and any provocation, trespass or other defence fact the documents mention. Do not plead a civil cause of action from section 29.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the owner or person in apparent control, the harm described in the records, and any provocation, trespass or other defence fact the documents mention. Do not plead a civil cause of action from section 29. |
| What the lawyer must review | Treat section 29, on the text opened, as offences and not as a civil damages action. Treat a section 29(11) order as compensation after a finding of guilt, not as the civil claim. Keep health and wage records in a firm-controlled tool, not a public one. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. Decide if a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Set out the liability questions for a dog attack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/set-out-the-liability-questions-for-a-dog-attack.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Section 29 is headed offences and liability relating to dog attacks. A negligence claim is tested under section 48, or section 14B if it is about the state of the premises.

- What the AI does: List the owner or person in apparent control, the harm described in the records, and any provocation, trespass or other defence fact the documents mention. Do not plead a civil cause of action from section 29.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Record whether the dog is described as a dangerous dog that is not a guard dog guarding non-residential premises, or a restricted breed dog, and the maximum the opened subsections state.
2. For another dog, record whether the records describe death or serious injury, a lesser injury, or rushing or chasing, and which offence subsection that matches.
3. Record any section 29(9) fact: teased, abused or assaulted; trespass on the premises where the dog was kept; another animal on those premises; or a person known to the dog being attacked in front of the dog.
4. Note section 29(10) is a hunt defence for subsections (3) to (8) only where the hunt was conducted under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986. Section 29(11) is a compensation order after a finding of guilt, and it is not the civil claim.

## Notes

- The opened section does not say it excludes a civil claim. Do not turn the offence into the damages action. Test negligence under section 48, or section 14B if the claim is about the state of the premises.
- If this is filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC Gen 25, issued on 14 May 2026, calls for particular caution with affidavit material and expert reports, and says confidential information should not go into a public AI tool.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victoria. A dog attack, with section 29 read beside any negligence claim.

**Deliverable**: A question list tied to the records, for the lawyer to settle.

**Inputs**

- Records naming the owner or person in apparent control
- Records of the harm
- Any document mentioning teasing, trespass or another animal

**Example**: Illustrative example: The records say a dog bit a person and that the person was on the footpath. The list records apparent control and the injury. It does not plead section 29 as the damages claim.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The tool is asked to plead the civil cause of action from section 29.
- The dog's status cannot be taken from a document.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Domestic Animals Act 1994 (Vic) section 29](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/daa1994163/s29.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) section 48](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s48.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) section 14B](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa1958111/s14b.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*