DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 84D Seized dog or cat must be delivered up
DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 84D
Seized dog or cat must be delivered upS. 84D(1) amended by No. 69/2017 s. 71(1), substituted by No. 3/2022 s. 4.
(1) A person (other than an authorised officer) who seizes a dog or cat under section 84 or 84A must, as soon as is reasonably possible after the seizure, deliver it to—
(a) a Council authorised officer of the municipal district in which it was seized; or
(b) a person or body that has an agreement under section 84Y with that Council; or
(c) a person or body that conducts an animal shelter that does not have an agreement under section 84Y with that Council; or
(d) a veterinary practitioner who does not have an agreement under section 84Y with that Council and who consents to receiving the dog or cat.
S. 84D(2) amended by No. 69/2017 s. 71(2).
(2) If a person is found guilty of an offence under subsection (1), the Magistrates' Court may, on the application of a Council authorised officer of the municipal district in which the animal was seized, order that the person return the animal to the authorised officer.
S. 84DA inserted by No. 3/2022 s. 5.