23Notification where owner identified

23 Notification where owner identified

[Section 23 Amended by No. 25 of 2020, s. 17, Applied:01 Mar 2021] If the owner of a cat held at a cat management facility is identifiable, the operator of the cat management facility is to ensure that the owner of the cat is notified in writing or, if a telephone number for the owner of the cat is known, by telephone –

(a) of the name and address of the cat management facility where the cat is being held; and

(b) that the owner may reclaim the cat; and

(c) if the cat is not reclaimed within the holding period specified in the notice, that the cat may be re-housed, offered for sale or destroyed; and

(d) [Section 23 Amended by No. 25 of 2020, s. 17, Applied:01 Mar 2021] that the owner is responsible for reasonable costs associated with –

(i) the implantation of the cat with a microchip; and

(ii) the desexing of the cat; and

(iii) [Section 23 Amended by No. 25 of 2020, s. 17, Applied:01 Mar 2021] the detention and care of the cat; and

(iv) [Section 23 Amended by No. 25 of 2020, s. 17, Applied:01 Mar 2021] the destruction of the cat.