P-42 - Animal Health Protection Act

Section 22.5 Disposition versions

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22.5. Every person authorized to act as an inspector under this division who has reasonable grounds to believe that an animal that is required to be identified pursuant to a regulation under section 22.1 has not been identified, may, whether or not the animal has been seized, order the owner or custodian of the animal who is unable to furnish proof of the animal’s identification within the time the authorized person fixes, to take the animal within the time the authorized person indicates to the nearest slaughterhouse to be slaughtered under the authorized person’s supervision, at the expense of the owner.

An animal slaughtered pursuant to such an order is deemed unfit for human consumption.

Upon failure by the owner or custodian of the animal to comply with the order, the authorized person may confiscate the animal so that it may be brought to the slaughterhouse indicated by the authorized person and slaughtered at the expense of the owner or custodian.

The costs payable by an owner or custodian of animals shall bear interest at the rate determined under section 28 of the Tax Administration Act (chapter A-6.002).

2000, c. 40, s. 14; 2010, c. 31, s. 175.