Impounding Act 1955

Provisions for stock found straying or wandering on roads, and for wild stock - Stock straying or wandering on roads

37: Stock to be delivered up on payment of expenses before impounding

You could also call this:

"Get your seized stock back by paying costs before it's impounded"

If you own stock that has been seized for impounding under section 33, you can get it back before it is impounded. You need to pay the driving charges that would have been payable if the stock had been taken to the nearest pound, plus any expenses incurred. If you pay these amounts, the person in charge of your stock must give it back to you, but this does not mean you won't have to pay any penalties you are liable for under section 33.

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Environment and resources > Farming and fishing

36: Recovery of stock that escapes while being taken to a pound, or

"Catching escaped stock on the way to a pound"

38: Wild stock trespassing on land, or

"What to do if wild animals are on your land without permission"

Part 6Provisions for stock found straying or wandering on roads, and for wild stock
Stock straying or wandering on roads

37Stock to be delivered up on payment of expenses before impounding

Where stock has been seized by any person for impounding under section 33, and, before the stock has been actually impounded, the owner of the stock or any person on his behalf pays or tenders to the person in charge of the stock the driving charges that would have been payable if the stock had been impounded in the nearest accessible pound, together with the amount of any expenses incurred under subsection (3) of section 33, that person shall forthwith deliver up the stock to the owner or to the person so paying or tendering on his behalf: provided that no such delivery shall exempt any person from any penalty for which he is liable under the said section 33.

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1908 No 223 s 2