ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 137 General powers

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 137

137 General powers

The inspector may do any of the following—

Note—

See also section 162 (Power of destruction).

(a) enter the place using reasonable force;

(b) search any part of the place;

(c) open, using reasonable force, a cage, container, pen, yard or other structure confining or containing an animal or other thing to examine the structure, animal or other thing;

(d) take reasonable measures to relieve the pain of an animal at the place;

Examples of measures—

feeding, untethering or watering the animal

(e) examine or inspect or film, photograph, videotape or otherwise record an image of, an animal, document or other thing at the place;

(f) take a sample of or from an animal or other thing at the place for analysis or testing;

(g) copy a document at the place;

(h) take into the place the equipment, materials or persons the inspector reasonably requires for exercising a power under this part;

(i) brand, mark, tag or otherwise identify an animal at the place;

(j) take a necessary step to allow a power under paragraphs (a) to (i) to be exercised.

Example of a step for paragraph (j)—

mustering, unloading or yarding cattle at the place to allow them to be examined