Western Australian Current Acts

CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 31

31 .         Cat owner liable to pay costs to cat management facility

        (1)         The owner of a cat kept at a cat management facility is liable to pay to the operator of the facility the reasonable costs associated with any of the following that have been incurred in relation to the cat —

            (a)         removing and impounding the cat;

            (b)         keeping and caring for the cat;

            (c)         the implantation of a microchip in the cat under section 33;

            (d)         the sterilisation of the cat under section 33;

            (e)         the destruction and the disposal of the cat under section 34.

        (2)         The operator of a cat management facility may recover the amount of the costs referred to in subsection (1) from the owner of the cat in a court of competent jurisdiction.