Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Cattle found
trespassing upon land may be impounded in the nearest suitable public pound by
the owner or occupier of the land or by a ranger.
(2)(a) A person who is
a ranger appointed to do so by the local government, or an employee of, or
other person authorised by, the local government, may impound
cattle —
(i)
found wandering, straying, or lying upon a street, way,
or place mentioned in section 447; or
(ii)
found wandering, straying, or lying, upon vacant Crown
land.
(b) The
ranger, employee, or authorised person so impounding cattle may claim
ranger’s fees at the rate set out in Part 2 of the Fifteenth
Schedule in respect of each animal which belongs to the same owner and which
is impounded by him, notwithstanding that more animals than one of the same
owner are impounded at the one time, and the sum may be recovered in the same
manner as the poundkeeper’s fees and charges.
(c)
Cattle found on a street which comprises a boundary of the district or which
abuts the district may be so impounded by the ranger, employee or authorised
person, notwithstanding that the place on which the cattle are so found is
outside the district.
(3) The occupier of
enclosed land may seize and impound in the nearest suitable pound —
(a)
cattle found wandering, straying, or lying, upon a street, abutting the
enclosed land of the occupier; or
(b)
cattle found feeding off the enclosed land whether through or over a fence or
otherwise notwithstanding that the cattle are upon the street.
(4) A person may seize
and impound in the nearest suitable pound cattle found straying or at large or
unlawfully tethered or depastured in a street, or other public place within a
city, town or township.
[Section 458 amended by No. 14 of 1996
s. 4.]