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IMPOUNDING OF LIVESTOCK ACT 1994 - SECT 24E

Lien holder may dispose of horse if default not rectified

    (1)     If, after a default notice has been served, the owner of a horse that is subject to a lien has not paid the amounts required to recover possession of the horse within 28 days after the day the notice was served, the lien holder may—

        (a)     sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the horse; or

        (b)     destroy the horse.

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), the lien holder may only exchange, dispose of, or destroy the horse if—

        (a)     the horse has been offered for sale at a public auction or by public tender; or

        (b)     the lien holder has obtained a certificate from a veterinary practitioner registered under the Veterinary Practice Act 1997 stating that the horse is unsuitable for sale.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), the lien holder must not sell, exchange, dispose of, or destroy a horse if the owner becomes entitled to recover possession of the horse after the 28 day period referred to in subsection (1).

S. 24F inserted by No. 69/2004 s. 45.



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