Amendments of the Pounds Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1979 N o . 13

Regulations under the Pounds Ordinance 1928'

I, ROBERT JAMES ELLICOTT, the Minister of State for the Capital Territory, hereby make the following Regulations under the Pounds Ordinance 1928.

Dated this eighth day of August 1979.

R. ELLICOTT

Minister of State for the Capital Territory

A M E N D M E N T S OF THE P O U N D S REGULATIONS 2

1. Regulation 2 of the Pounds Regulations is repealed.

2. Regulation 3 of the Pounds Regulations is amended by omitting

the definition of " the City Area" .

3. Regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Pounds Regulations are repealed

and the following regulations substituted:

" 4 . The following sums are prescribed for the purpose of section 10

(a )	For each entry of an impounding—$0.30;
(b )	For each entry of release—$0.15;
(c)	For each advertisement published under, or for the purposes of, the Ordinance—the cost of publication plus $0.30;
(d )	For each notice delivered or posted—$0.20;
(e)	For each sale of cattle the property of one person or, if sold in separate lots, for the sale of each lot—$ 1.00;
(f)	For each entry of sale—$0.20.

of the Ordinance:

" 5 . Driving fees are prescribed for the purpose of section 11 cf the

Ordinance in accordance with the following scale:

Rate per
kilometre or

part of a

Description of cattle	kilometre $
Horses, asses, mules, cows—
For the first animal	0.30
For each additional animal the property of the same owner and impounded at the
same time	0.10

Sheep—

Where the number of sheep impounded at the same time does not exceed 100	0.90
Where the number of sheep the property of the same owner and impounded at the same time exceeds 100—

For the first 100 sheep	0.90
For each 100 sheep or portion of 100 sheep after the first 100	0.30

Pigs, goats—

For each animal 0.50

" 6 . (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2), deterrent fees are prescribed for the purpose of section 11 of the Ordinance in accordance with the fol­ lowing scale:

Description of Cattle Deterrent fees

$

Horses, asses, mules, cows—

For the first animal	6.00
For each subsequent animal	4.00

Sheep—

For any number of animals not exceeding 20	2.00
For any number of animals exceeding 20 but not exceeding 50	4.00
For any number of animals exceeding 50 but not exceeding 100	8.00

For each hundred animals or part of one hundred after the first hundred . . . 4.00

Pigs, goats—

For the first animal	6.00
For each subsequent animal	4.00

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" ( 2 ) Where an animal is impounded and another animal or other animals of the same kind belonging to the same person have been impounded during the preceding 3 months, the deterrent fees prescribed for the purpose of section 11 of the Ordinance are twice the fees that would be payable but for this sub-regulation.

" 7 . Trespass rates are prescribed for the purpose of section 11 of the

Ordinance in accordance with the following scale:

Rates

On land that contains a garden or

growing crop

and is
enclosed
with a

sufficient On any

Description of Cattle fence other land

$ $

Horses, asses, mules, cows—

For each animal 3.00 0.40

Sheep—

For each animal 0.45 0.05

Pigs, goats—

For each animal 4.50 0.90

4. Regulation 8 of the Pounds Regulations is amended—

(a )	by omitting " Ten cents " and substituting " 30 cents ";
(b)	by omitting "Twenty cents" (wherever occurring) and substituting"60 cents"; and
(c)	by omit t ing ' ' Forty cents ' ' and substituting "$1 .20" .

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 August 1979.

2.    Pounds Regulations notified in the Gazette on 5 September 1929 as amended by the Seat of Government (Designation) Ordinance 1938 and by Regulations notified in the Gazette on 23 March 1939 and by Regulations 1959 Nos. 6 and 22; and 1966 No. 3.