Impounding Act 1955

Provisions for stock found straying or wandering on roads, and for wild stock - Special provisions as to stock too wild to impound

41: Stray stock not to be taken away without notice

You could also call this:

"Don't take stray animals from someone's land without telling them first"

If you want to take stray stock away from someone else's land, you must give them at least 24 hours' notice in writing. You need to tell the owner, their overseer, or the person in charge when you plan to take the stock. You can find more information about when you do not need to give notice in section 22 or section 36. If you do not give notice, or if you go onto someone else's land to take the stock without notice, you are breaking the law and can get in trouble.

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Environment and resources > Farming and fishing

40: Occupier may destroy wild stock unsold or not removed by purchaser, or

"You can get rid of wild animals on your land if they didn't sell or the buyer didn't take them."

42: Disposal of wild stock straying on roads, or

"What happens to wild animals found on roads that are too wild to catch"

Part 6Provisions for stock found straying or wandering on roads, and for wild stock
Special provisions as to stock too wild to impound

41Stray stock not to be taken away without notice

Except as provided in subsection (3) of section 22 or in section 36, no person shall drive any stock from the land or out of the herds of any other person without first giving not less than 24 hours' notice in writing to the last-mentioned person, his overseer, or person in charge, of the time he intends to drive away the stock.
Every person who fails to give that notice, or who enters upon any other person's land for the purpose of driving any such stock, or attempts to drive any such stock without giving that notice, commits an offence against this Act.
Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of any Act relating to the removal of sheep.

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1908 No 79 s 23