Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

STOCK ACT 2005 - SECT 37

    (1)     This section applies if the chief executive impounds stock.

    (2)     The chief executive must—

        (a)     take reasonable steps to identify the owner of the stock; and

        (b)     if the owner is identified, give the owner written notice of—

              (i)     the impounding of the stock; and

              (ii)     the location of the stock; and

              (iii)     the fees payable for maintaining or travelling the stock; and

        (c)     if the owner is not identified—publish in a newspaper circulating in the ACT, a notice containing the information mentioned in paragraph (b).