Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A council must apply the proceeds of sale of impounded livestock in the following order—
(a) the charges owing to the council must be deducted;
(b) if an authorised person (other than an authorised officer of a council) impounded the livestock, the charges (if any) owing to that person must then be paid;
(c) any balance then remaining must be paid to the owner of the livestock if the owner claims the balance in writing within 3 months of the sale of the livestock.
S. 20(2) amended by No. 44/2008 s. 111.
(2) If the owner of livestock does not claim the balance of sale money under subsection (1)(c) that money is to be dealt with in accordance with the Unclaimed Money Act 2008 .
(3) If any of the proceeds of sale of impounded livestock are paid to an authorised officer, that officer must pay that money into the Consolidated Fund.