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15. IMPOUNDING D.C.A. 1996

1. A Dog Control Officer, Dog Ranger or Constable may impound a dog found at large in breach of any provisions of these Bylaws or any other Act, whether or not it is wearing a collar displaying the current registration label or disc.

2. The Council may by resolution fix the charge payable by the owner of any dog that has been impounded, covering:
(a) The seizure of the dog.
(b) Sustenance of the dog while impounded.
(c) Giving notice to the owner of the impounding.
(d) Poundage fees.
(e) The destruction of the dog or disposal or sale of the dog.

3. As soon as practicable after any dog has been impounded, the District Council shall, in the case of a dog wearing a current registration label or disc or where the owner of the dog is known through some other means, give written notice to the owner that the dog has been impounded and that unless the dog is claimed and all fees paid within 7 days of the receipt of that notice it may be sold, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the District Council thinks fit; and after the expiry of that period the District Council may so dispose of the dog.

4. Where the owner of the dog is not known or cannot be identified from the dog registration label or disc, the District council may, after the expiration of 7 days after the date of seizure of the dog, sell, destroy, or otherwise dispose of the dog in such manner as it thinks fit.

(In all cases where the dog is not claimed by its owner at the expiration of the prescribed 7 days, the Council becomes the legal owner of that dog.)

5. The sale, destruction or other disposal of a dog under this section shall not relieve the former owner of the dog of the liability for the payment of any fees payable as defined in Section 69(6) of the Dog Control Act 1996.

Explanation: The Dog Control Act 1996 sets out Councils responsibilities relating to the impounding and subsequent release of dogs from the pound whether claimed or not.
 

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