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Impounding Act 1955

Fees, rates, and charges

15: Driving charges

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"Paying to move stock found on roads"

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If you own stock that is found on a road, you must pay for the costs of moving it to a safe place. You pay the local authority or the person who is taking care of your stock. The costs you pay include the distance the stock was moved and the time it took to move it. You also pay for the type and number of stock being moved. If a vehicle was used to move the stock, you pay for the cost of using that vehicle. The person moving your stock can charge you at least $5, no matter what the other costs are.

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Part 4Fees, rates, and charges

15Driving charges

  1. The owner of any stock that is found trespassing, straying or wandering on any road shall pay to the local authority or person having custody of the stock all reasonable costs incurred in leading, driving, or conveying the stock from the place where it is found to the pound or to the place where it is delivered to the owner.

  2. The charges payable under subsection (1) shall be payable to the local authority in the first instance if the stock is impounded, or direct to the person having custody of the stock in any other case.

  3. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the charge made may take account of—

  4. the distance covered and the time involved in delivering the stock to the pound or the owner; and
    1. the number and class or classes of stock delivered; and
      1. where stock is conveyed by any vehicle, the reasonable cost of that conveyance, including the dispatch of the vehicle to the place where the stock is found and the return of the vehicle to the place of dispatch.

        1. Notwithstanding anything in this section, the local authority or, as the case may be, the person having custody of the stock and delivering it to the owner, may make a minimum charge of $5.

        Notes
        • Section 15: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Impounding Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 59).