New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe objects of this Act are:
(a) to empower authorised persons to impound and deal with animals and articles in public places and places owned or under the control of certain public authorities if, in the case of animals, they are unattended or trespassing or, in the case of articles, they have been abandoned or left unattended, and
(b) to empower occupiers of private land to impound and deal with animals trespassing on their land, and
(c) to provide for the release of impounded animals and articles that are claimed by their owners, and
(d) to provide for the disposal of impounded animals and articles that are not claimed by their owners and, if they are disposed of by sale, to provide for the disposal of the proceeds of sale.