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Domestic Animals Act 1994
43Power of authorised officer to destroy animals at large in specified areas
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43 Power of authorised officer to destroy animals at large in specified areas
If a Council has made a local law prohibiting the keeping of dogs or cats in a specified area of the municipal district of the Council, a Council authorised officer for that municipal district may destroy any prohibited animal found at large in that area.