CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 89 OF 2009) - SECT 18 Cats in prohibited areas
CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 89 OF 2009) - SECT 18
Cats in prohibited areas
(1) In this section cat management action means any one or more of the following actions:(a) humanely destroying a cat;(b) trapping a cat;(c) seizing a cat;(d) detaining a cat;(e) returning a cat once the cat has been desexed;person responsible for a prohibited area means (a) the owner or legal occupier of the area; or(b) if the owner is not available, a person acting with the authority of the owner in respect of the area; or(c) if there is no owner and no person acting with the owner's authority, the manager of the area; or(d) any other prescribed person or prescribed class of persons.(2) Except in prescribed circumstances, an authorised person, or a person acting on behalf of such a person, may take cat management action in relation to a cat found in a prohibited area.(3) If an authorised person, or a person acting on behalf of such a person, intends to take cat management action in relation to a cat in a prohibited area that is private land, that person is to notify the person responsible for the prohibited area.(4) Except in prescribed circumstances, a person responsible for a prohibited area, or a person acting on behalf of such a person, may take cat management action in relation to any cat found in the prohibited area.(5) An authorised person or other person who traps, seizes or detains a cat under this section may, as soon as practicable after trapping, seizing or detaining the cat (a) if the owner of the cat is known to the person, arrange for the return of the cat to the owner; or(b) whether or not the owner of the cat is known to the person, arrange for the cat to be taken to a cat management facility.