Victorian Current Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986 - SECT 24FB

    (1)     If the Minister authorises a specialist inspector
to seize and dispose of an animal under section 24FA, the Minister must serve written notice of the seizure and disposal.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) must be served by—

        (a)     giving it personally to the owner of the animal; or

        (b)     if the identity of the owner cannot be readily established or the owner cannot be readily contacted, giving it personally to the person in charge of the animal; or

        (c)     leaving it or sending it by post to the last known residential or business address of the owner or the person in charge of the animal.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (1) must state—

        (a)     that a specialist inspector has been authorised by the Minister under section 24FA to enter the premises and to seize and dispose of the animal; and

        (b)     when seizure is to occur.

S. 24FC inserted by No. 60/2015 s. 16.