Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014

4Costs of seizure etc.E+W

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(1)The owner of a horse seized by a local authority under section 2 is liable to pay to the local authority costs reasonably incurred in the seizure and impounding of the horse and in feeding and maintaining it while it is impounded.

(2)The local authority is not required to return the horse until the costs so incurred have been paid.

(3)The local authority must give to the owner a notice stating the amount that it considers the owner is liable to pay under subsection (1) and containing an explanation of—

(a)how that amount was arrived at, and

(b)the right to refer a dispute for resolution by the Welsh Ministers and how to exercise it.

Commencement Information

I1S. 4 in force at 28.1.2014, see s. 10(1)