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AGRICULTURE AND RELATED RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT 1976 - SECT 82

82 .         Inspector or authorised person may order destruction of declared animals

        (1)         Where a person has in his possession or under his control in any part of the State, whether on land or not and whether as owner or not, a declared animal that — 

            (a)         is being or has been introduced into the State or into that part of the State contrary to section 77 of 78; or

            (b)         is being kept contrary to section 80 or 81,

                an inspector or authorised person may — 

            (c)         by notice in writing served on that person, require him forthwith to destroy, or cause the destruction of, that animal; or

            (d)         seize that animal and — 

                  (i)         destroy it or cause it to be destroyed; or

                  (ii)         dispose of it in some other manner.

        (2)         Where a person fails to comply with a notice served under subsection (1)(c) an inspector or authorised person may destroy, or cause the destruction of, the declared animal referred to in the notice.



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