sch.1-sec.450EDuty of police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge

### sch.1-sec.450E Duty of police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge A police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge— must as soon as reasonably practicable after the seizure cause an adequate prescribed record of the animal to be made; and if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is caused to be made by the police officer or is otherwise available to a police officer, may cause the animal to be returned to its owner if the defendant does not object to its return. However, subsection (1) (a) does not apply if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is already available to a police officer. sch 1 pt 6 div 1 ch 44A ch div 2 s 450E ins 1986 No. 1 s 54 amd 2005 No. 70 s 166 sch sub 2014 No. 13 s 14 (sch.1-sec.450E-ssec.1) A police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge— must as soon as reasonably practicable after the seizure cause an adequate prescribed record of the animal to be made; and if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is caused to be made by the police officer or is otherwise available to a police officer, may cause the animal to be returned to its owner if the defendant does not object to its return. (sch.1-sec.450E-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (a) does not apply if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is already available to a police officer. - (a) must as soon as reasonably practicable after the seizure cause an adequate prescribed record of the animal to be made; and - (b) if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is caused to be made by the police officer or is otherwise available to a police officer, may cause the animal to be returned to its owner if the defendant does not object to its return.