Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

An animal welfare direction must—

be in the approved form for an animal welfare direction under the Animal Care and Protection Act; and

describe—

the animal in a way that reasonably allows the person given the direction to identify it; or

if the direction is given because the police officer reasonably suspects a person has committed, is committing or is about to commit, an animal welfare offence—the type of animal to which the offence relates; and

state—

each requirement; and

a time for the person to comply with each requirement; and

include an information notice under the Animal Care and Protection Act about the decision to give the direction.

Despite subsection (1)(a), an animal welfare direction may be given orally if—

the police officer considers it to be in the interests of the animal’s welfare to give the direction immediately; and

for any reason it is not practicable to immediately give the direction in the approved form; and

the police officer warns the person it is an offence not to comply with the direction unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

If the direction is given orally, the police officer must confirm the direction by also giving it in the approved form as soon as practicable after giving it orally.

An animal welfare direction may state that a police officer proposes, at a stated time or at stated intervals, to enter the following where an animal the subject of the direction is kept at to check compliance with the direction—

a vehicle of which the person is the person in control;

another place of which the person is the occupier.