Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who destroys an animal under this Division may recover the costs of any maintenance, care, removal, transport and destruction of the animal from the owner of the animal in a court of competent jurisdiction as a civil debt recoverable summarily.
(2) Any proceeds derived from the destruction of an animal seized under this Part, that is not subject to forfeiture to the Crown—
(a) must first be applied to the costs incurred in any maintenance, care, removal, transport and destruction of the animal; and
(b) if any balance is then remaining, it must be paid—
(i) to the owner of the animal, if the owner is not a person who is in contravention of an order under section 12(1) or an interstate order within the meaning of section 12A in respect of that animal, that is registered under section 12A; or
(ii) in any other case to the Consolidated Fund.
S. 24ZD inserted by No. 65/2007 s. 95.