Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT 2018 (NO 25 OF 2018) - SECT 97

    (1)     If required by section  95 (3) or  2018_17574.html#_Ref454890216">96 (4) to deal with an animal or thing under this section, the CEO must:

    (a)     deal with the animal or thing in accordance with any order made by a court concerning the return or disposal of the animal or thing; or

    (b)     return the animal or thing to a person who the CEO believes on reasonable grounds is a person entitled to it.

    (2)     However, the CEO may instead deal with the animal or thing under section  98 if:

    (a)     the CEO has taken all reasonable steps to find a person entitled to it but has been unable to do so; or

    (b)     no person entitled to it is willing to take possession of it; or

    (c)     its owner, or another person with a legal right to sell it, authorises the CEO, in writing, to deal with it under section 98 .