South Australian Current Regulations

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (KANKU-BREAKAWAYS CONSERVATION PARK) REGULATIONS 2013 - REG 37

37—Seizure of animals etc

        (1)         If an unprotected animal is in the Park and—

            (a)         is not under the control of any person; and

            (b)         is not in the Park with the written permission of the Board or pursuant to a lease, licence or agreement under this or any other Act,

a warden or any other person authorised by the Board may, subject to subregulation (2)—

            (c)         capture and dispose of the animal by sale or in any other manner; or

            (d)         destroy the animal.

        (2)         If a warden or other person authorised by the Board knows, or has reason to believe, that a person claims ownership of an animal in the Park, the warden or other person must, before disposing of or destroying the animal, serve notice on the person claiming ownership requiring him or her to remove the animal from the Park within 7 days.

        (3)         The notice may be served—

            (a)         personally or by post; or

            (b)         if the whereabouts of the person on whom the notice is to be served are unknown—by publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State.

        (4)         The costs of capturing and disposing of an animal or destroying an animal under subregulation (1) are a debt due by the owner of the animal to the Board.

        (5)         An animal or the carcass of an animal that has been captured or destroyed must not be surrendered to its owner until those costs have been paid.