55Fees payable in relation to exercise of functions under this Act

55 Fees payable in relation to exercise of functions under this Act

55 Fees payable in relation to exercise of functions under this Act

(1) This section applies if a provision of this Act provides that a person is entitled to be paid an amount for exercising a function under this Act in relation to property.

(2) The amount that is to be paid in relation to an authorised officer exercising functions under this Act is the total of the fees—

(a) for a function exercised by an authorised officer other than a police officer—that may be charged under subsection (4) and decided, in writing, by the authority that appointed the authorised officer, and

(b) for a function exercised by a police officer—that may be charged under subsection (4) and decided, in writing, by the Commissioner of Police.

(3) The amount that is to be paid in relation to an occupier of private land exercising functions under this Act in relation to an animal is—

(a) the total of the fees that may be charged under subsection (4) in relation to the animal, and

(b) stated in a notice given by the occupier to the animal’s owner.

(4) The fees that may be charged in relation to property are as follows—

(a) a fee for walking or transporting an animal to—

(i) a place of care or to the address of the responsible person for the animal, or

(ii) a market or sale yard for sale,

(b) a fee for providing an animal taken into possession with food, water or veterinary care,

(c) a fee for loss or damage attributable to an animal taken into possession while it was unattended, including on private land without the permission of the occupier of the land,

(d) a fee for transporting an item to a place of care or a place of storage,

(e) a fee for storing an item at a place of storage,

(f) a fee to cover the cost of serving a notice notifying the owner of property that the property has been taken to a place of care.

(5) Different fees may be decided for different classes of property.