Diseased animals
69 Diseased animals
(1) The CEO must make arrangements for any impounded animal that is suspected of being infected with a contagious disease to be isolated from other animals in the pound.
(2) The CEO must take reasonable steps to give the owner of a dog isolated under clause (1) written notice:
stating the reasons for isolating it; and
(b) warning that it must either undergo a course of treatment specified in the notice or be destroyed.
(3) The CEO may, in the notice given under clause (2), require the owner of the dog to have a report prepared and given to the CEO on the condition of the dog and any other animals kept at the same premises.
If required under clause (3), the owner must:
(a) have the report prepared by a veterinarian or other person specified in the notice; and
(b) give the report to the CEO within the time specified in the notice.
(5) A dog that is isolated under this by‑law may be released from the pound in accordance with by‑law 67, subject to any conditions the CEO considers appropriate.
(6) The cost of treatment reasonably provided by the council to a diseased dog, and to any other animal in the pound infected or at risk of being infected by the diseased dog before it could reasonably be isolated, is a debt payable by the owner of the diseased dog to the council.
An owner of a dog commits an offence if the owner:
fails to comply with clause (4); or
fails to comply with a condition imposed under clause (5).
(8) An offence against clause (7) is an offence of strict liability.
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