Victorian Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 30

    (1)     The owner of any animals or birds kept for farming purposes, any person authorised by the owner or an authorised officer may destroy any dog or cat found at large—

        (a)     in the place where the animals or birds are confined; or

        (b)     if the animals or birds are tethered, in the vicinity of the animals or birds.

    (2)     The owner, a person authorised by the owner or authorised officer does not incur any civil or criminal liability for acting under subsection (1).