Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies to a veterinary practitioner—
(a) who has received a seized dog or cat from a person under section 84D; and
(b) who does not have an agreement under section 84Y with the Council of the municipal district in which the veterinary practitioner is located.
(2) The veterinary practitioner may ask the owner of the dog or cat to pay the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the veterinary practitioner while retaining custody of the dog or cat including in relation to the housing, care, treatment and maintenance of the dog or cat.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the veterinary practitioner may not compel the owner of the dog or cat to pay the costs and expenses referred to in that subsection including by way of refusing to allow the owner to recover the dog or cat unless those costs and expenses are paid.
S. 84DD inserted by No. 3/2022 s. 5.