Seizure and impounding
65 Seizure and impounding
An authorised person may seize:
(a) a dog that appears to be diseased, injured, savage, destructive, stray or unregistered; or
a dog that is at large; or
(c) a dangerous dog whose owner is not complying with Division 2, Subdivision 4; or
(d) an animal that an authorised person believes on reasonable grounds has attacked a person.
(2) As soon as practicable after seizing a dog, the authorised person must:
impound the dog in a pound; or
(b) take reasonable steps to return the dog to its owner if satisfied that:
it is not diseased, injured, savage or destructive; or
(ii) in the case of a dangerous dog whose owner is not complying with Division 2, Subdivision 4 – the owner is willing and able to comply with Division 2, Subdivision 4.
(3) As soon as practicable after seizing an animal other than a dog, the authorised person must:
impound the animal in a pound; or
(b) take reasonable steps to return the animal to its owner if satisfied that it is not diseased, injured, savage or destructive.
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