Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An inspector who
reasonably believes an animal is suffering so severely that destroying it
would be a humane thing to do, may destroy the animal in a humane manner.
(2) An inspector
destroying an animal under subsection (1) must notify —
(a) if
the animal is fauna, the chief executive officer of the Biodiversity
Conservation Department; or
(b)
otherwise a person in charge of the animal,
of the destruction and
the reason for it —
(c) if
it is reasonable to do so, before destroying the animal; or
(d)
otherwise, as soon as practicable after destroying the animal.
[Section 41 amended No. 24 of 2016 s. 310(6).]