89Releasing seized cats

89 Releasing seized cats (1) An authorised person or approved provider who has the care of a cat seized under this division must release the cat to a person claiming its release if, but only if, the authorised person or approved provider is satisfied— (a) the person claiming its release is the keeper of the cat; and (b) if the cat is required to be identified by a regulation made for section 83—the cat is identified as required by the regulation; and (c) if the cat was seized because of an offence against this Act— subsection (2) applies to the offence; and (d) the keeper of the cat has not relinquished ownership under section 91; and

(e) any fee payable under section 144 for the release of the cat has (2) This subsection applies to an offence if— (a) 28 days have passed since the day the offence was committed and— or (c) a prosecution for the offence was started within 28 days after the day the offence was committed and— section 138A from keeping the cat.