Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 450EI
In forceUnavailability of animal at trial
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 6Offences relating to property and contracts
Division 1Stealing and like offences
450EI Unavailability of animal at trial
(1)
An animal connected with a charge and seized by a police officer is not required to be made available at the defendant’s trial if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is available to the prosecutor for the trial.
(2)
A defendant’s trial is not unfair merely because an animal is unavailable at trial because it has been—
(a)
sold under a stock disposal order; or
(b)
returned to its owner under section 450E(1)(b) after its seizure.
sch 1 pt 6 div 1 ch 44A ch div 4 s 450EI ins 2014 No. 13 s 14
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