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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.137Removal of animals from roads and other places
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### sec.137 Removal of animals from roads and other places
A police officer may, in prescribed circumstances, seize and move an animal, or arrange for it to be moved, to another place for safe keeping.
In the prescribed circumstances mentioned in section 138 (c) , (d) or (e) , the police officer may instead move the animal, or arrange for it to be moved, to another place where it can be located by the person in charge of the animal.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the person in charge of the animal taking possession of it, with the consent of the police officer, before or while it is being moved.
s 137 amd 2005 No. 64 s 3 sch
(sec.137-ssec.1) A police officer may, in prescribed circumstances, seize and move an animal, or arrange for it to be moved, to another place for safe keeping.
(sec.137-ssec.2) In the prescribed circumstances mentioned in section 138 (c) , (d) or (e) , the police officer may instead move the animal, or arrange for it to be moved, to another place where it can be located by the person in charge of the animal.
(sec.137-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the person in charge of the animal taking possession of it, with the consent of the police officer, before or while it is being moved.