IMPOUNDING OF LIVESTOCK ACT 1994 - SECT 24D Right of owner to return of horse

IMPOUNDING OF LIVESTOCK ACT 1994 - SECT 24D

The owner of a horse that is subject to a lien is entitled to recover possession of the horse at any time before the horse is sold, exchanged, disposed of, or destroyed if the owner pays the lien holder—

        (a)     the amount that the owner was in default on the date that the default notice was issued, or if that amount covers a period of agistment of more than 3 months, the amount payable for an agistment period of 3 months; and

        (b)     the amount of any additional expenses (including agistment fees) incurred by the lien holder in caring for the horse from the date that the default notice was issued until—

              (i)     the expiry of 60 days from that date; or

              (ii)     the extinguishment of the lien—

whichever occurs first; and

        (c)     the amount of any expenses in relation to the intended sale, exchange, disposal, or destruction of the horse that have been reasonably incurred by the lien holder.

S. 24E inserted by No. 69/2004 s. 45.