Western Australian Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 57

57 .         Order for retention of seized property

        (1)         A court —

            (a)         imposing a fine as a penalty for an offence under this Act; or

            (b)         making an order for reimbursement of costs of the kind referred to in section 55(2)(f); or

            (c)         making an order for reimbursement of costs under section 56; or

            (d)         making an order for payment of costs under section 58(1),

                may make an order that seized property owned by the offender or person ordered to pay those costs (as the case requires) remain under seizure until the fine or costs are paid.

        (2)         In an order under subsection (1) a court is to specify —

            (a)         the seized property to which the order relates; and

            (b)         the relevant date for the purposes of subsection (3).

        (3)         If an order is made under subsection (1) and the fine or costs to which it relates are not paid by the date specified in the order, the seized property to which the order relates is forfeited to the Crown.