Method of disposal of dogs or cats
84V Method of disposal of dogs or cats
S. 84V inserted by No. 65/2007 s. 29.
S. 84V(1) amended by No. 44/2010 s. 24.
If a Council, person or body is authorised under this Act to destroy a dog or cat, the Council, person or body must destroy the animal humanely.
- 5 penalty units.
A Council, person or body that is authorised under this Act to sell or destroy an animal may give that animal to any person or body that is willing to accept it and which has been approved by the Council of the municipal district in which the animal is held in accordance with a Code of Practice made under section 7 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 relating to the use of such an animal in scientific procedures.
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