Impounding Act 1955

Procedure for impounding stock in a pound

46: Notice to owner of stock impounded

You could also call this:

"Telling the owner their stock is in the pound and what will happen next"

When stock is taken to a pound, the local authority will try to find the owner. If they know who the owner is, or if the stock has a brand or mark that is registered, they will send a notice to the owner's address. The notice will say that the stock is in the pound and will be sold if the owner does not claim it.

If the owner is not known, the local authority will put a notice in the newspaper. The notice will say that the stock is in the pound and will be sold if the owner does not claim it. The sale will not happen until at least 7 days after the notice is first published in the newspaper.

If the local authority has already sent a notice to the owner and the stock is not claimed within 48 hours, they will also put a notice in the newspaper.

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45: Occupier or other person to supply particulars of stock impounded, or

"Tell the pound about the impounded animal"

47: Poundkeeper to detain stock until all charges paid, or

"Stock is kept until all fees are paid to get it back."

Part 7Procedure for impounding stock in a pound

46Notice to owner of stock impounded

As soon as possible after any stock has been impounded in a pound the local authority shall, if the owner is known or the stock is branded or marked with any registered brand or mark, cause to be delivered at or posted to the address of the owner or, as the case may be, the person in whose name the brands or marks are registered, a notice in the prescribed form that the stock has been impounded and unless claimed by the owner will be sold under the provisions of this Act.
If the owner of the stock is not known, or cannot be identified from the brands or earmarks on the stock, or if following the delivery or posting of a notice as required in subsection (1) the stock is not claimed within 48 hours, the local authority shall insert a notice in the prescribed form in 1 or more newspapers circulating in the district that the stock has been impounded and unless claimed by the owner will be sold under the provisions of this Act at the time and place specified in the notice, being not less than 7 days after the date of the first publication of the notice in a newspaper.

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1908 No 79 ss 36, 37, 38