IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 5
Who can impound and what can be impounded
IMPOUNDING ACT 1993 - SECT 5
Who can impound and what can be impounded
5 Who can impound and what can be impounded
(1) Impounding officers can impound certain animals and articles, as provided
by this Act.
(2) Occupiers of private land can impound certain animals, as
provided by this Act.
(3) A police officer has and may exercise the powers of
any impounding officer (as if he or she had been appointed as an
impounding officer by each impounding authority). This does not make a police
officer subject to the direction or control of an impounding authority.
Note
: Impounding officers are persons appointed as impounding officers by
impounding authorities. See the definitions of
"impounding officer" and
"impounding authority" in the dictionary.
See the definition of
"animal" in the dictionary for the types of animals to which this Act applies.
