Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 350

    (1)     As soon as practicable after a conservation officer seizes a thing under this part, the conservation officer must give a receipt for it to the person from whom it was seized.

    (2)     If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), the conservation officer must leave the receipt, secured conspicuously, at the place of seizure under section 342 (Power to seize things).

    (3)     A receipt under this section must include the following:

        (a)     a description of the thing seized;

        (b)     an explanation of why the thing was seized;

        (c)     the conservation officer's name, and how to contact the conservation officer;

        (d)     if the thing is moved from the premises where it is seized—

              (i)     where the thing is to be taken; or

              (ii)     if the thing seized is a living animal—how the animal is to be kept.