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CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 23 Notification where owner identified

CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 23

Notification where owner identified

If the owner of a cat held at a cat management facility is identifiable, the operator of the cat management facility is to ensure that the owner of the cat is notified in writing or, if a telephone number for the owner of the cat is known, by telephone –
(a) of the name and address of the cat management facility where the cat is being held; and
(b) that the owner may reclaim the cat; and
(c) if the cat is not reclaimed within the holding period specified in the notice, that the cat may be re-housed, offered for sale or destroyed; and
(d) that the owner is responsible for reasonable costs associated with –
(i) the implantation of the cat with a microchip; and
(ii) the desexing of the cat; and
(iii) the detention and care of the cat; and
(iv) the destruction of the cat.