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Dog Control Act 1996  013
Commenced: 1 Jul 1996
Custody of Dogs
68   Pound fees




   68. Pound fees---(1) Any territorial authority may from time to time
 set reasonable poundage fees and reasonable fees for the following
 matters:
   (a) The seizure of dogs by dog control officers or dog rangers under
         this Act:
   (b) The sustenance of any dog impounded under this Act:
   (c) The destruction of any dog impounded under this Act.

   (2) The amount of any fee referred to in subsection (1) of this
 section shall be such as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of
 the territorial authority, which resolution shall be publicly notified,
 at least 14 days before the resolution comes into effect, in a newspaper
 circulating in the district of the territorial authority.

   (3) In setting poundage fees under subsection (1) of this section, the
 territorial authority may---
   (a) Set different fees for registered and unregistered dogs:
   (b) Set a graduated scale of fees for the repeated impounding of the
         same dog.

   (4) Any fee fixed under this section shall, if so required by the
 territorial authority, be paid before the dog is released from the
 pound.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 65
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