WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 48A Seizure of dogs or cats

WILDLIFE ACT 1975 - SECT 48A

    (1)     An authorised officer may seize a dog or cat which is found at large on any public land which is—

        (a)     a Nature Reserve or a State Wildlife Reserve; or

        (b)     a Wildlife Management Co-operative Area or a wildlife sanctuary established under Part V; or

        (c)     any other area prescribed for the purposes of this section.

    (2)     If reasonable attempts have been made to seize a dog or cat found at large in circumstances in which subsection (1) applies, and the dog or cat has not been seized, an authorised officer may destroy the dog or cat.

    (3)     An authorised officer who seizes a dog or cat must, as soon as is reasonably possible, deliver it to an authorised officer of the Council of the municipal district in which the animal is found.

S. 48B inserted by No. 87/1997

s. 15.