Impounding Regulations, 1981
Made 1981 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- New Zealand
- Subjects
- Livestock
- Keywords
- animal production, grazing, animal welfare
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Impounding Regulations 1981 (SR 1981/49) Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Internal Affairs. PURSUANT to sections 13, 15A, 46, and 57 of the Impounding Act 1955, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations. Contents 1 Title and commencement 2 Interpretation 3 Pound Book 4 Impounding Register 5 Notice to owner of stock impounded 6 Notice of impounding and proposed sale of impounded stock 7 Trespass rates 8 Revocation Schedule 1 Forms Schedule 2 Trespass rates 1 Title and commencement • (1) These regulations may be cited as the Impounding Regulations 1981. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1981. 2 Interpretation • In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— The Act means the Impounding Act 1955 A reference to a numbered form is a reference to a form so numbered in Schedule 1 to these regulations. 3 Pound Book • The Pound Book required to be kept by a local authority under section 13(1)(a) of the Act shall be in form 1. 4 Impounding Register • The Impounding Register required to be kept by a local authority under section 13(1)(b) of the Act shall be in form 2. 5 Notice to owner of stock impounded • Every notice required by section 46(1) of the Act to be delivered or posted to an owner whose stock has been impounded shall be in form 3. 6 Notice of impounding and proposed sale of impounded stock • Every notice required by section 46(2) of the Act to be inserted in one or more newspapers advising that stock has been impounded and will be sold unless claimed shall be in form 4. 7 Trespass rates • The trespass rates payable under the Act shall be the rates set out in Schedule 2 to this Act. 8 Revocation • The Impounding Regulations 19551 are hereby revoked. Schedule 1 Forms Regs 3 to 6 Form 1 Pound Book Form 2 Impounding Register Form 3 Notice to owner of impounding stock The Impounding Act 1955, Section 46(1) Form 4 Notice of impounding and of proposed sale of impounded stock The Impounding Act 1955, Section 46(2) Schedule 2 Trespass rates Reg 5 Trespass on any paddock of grass or stubble Trespass on any land bearing any growing crop or from which the crop has not been removed, or in any reserve, cemetery, or burial ground $ $ For every horse, cattle beast, deer, ass, or mule 2.00 5.00 For every sheep 0.50 1.00 For every pig or goat 5.00 10.00 P G MILLEN, Clerk of the Executive Council. Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936. Date of notification in Gazette: 12 March 1981.