Compliance Framework
Compliance Driver
Impounding Act 1993 (NSW)
Classification
Level 3
Centrally managed, local area(s) requirement.
Associated Legislation
None
Associated Standards
None
Associated Codes
None
Associated Information
None
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Administrative Information
Administrative Body
Office of Local Government
Administrative Name
Administrative Address
Physical Address
5 O'Keefe Avenue
Nowra NSW
Australia, 2541
Mailing Address
Locked Bag 3015
Nowra NSW
Australia, 2541
Administrative Phone
02 4428 4100
Administrative Email
olg@olg.nsw.gov.au
Administrative Website
https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/
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General Introduction
VC Compliance Delegate
Jo Scanlan, Chief Operating Officer
Compliance Coordinator
Bradley Nixon, Associate Director Operational Services
Business Units Impacted
Overview
LEGISLATION REPEALED 1 NOVEMBER 2022 - UNE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT
The objects of this Act are:
(a) to empower authorised persons to impound and deal with animals and articles in public places and places owned or under the control of certain public authorities if, in the case of animals, they are unattended or trespassing or, in the case of articles, they have been abandoned or left unattended, and
(b) to empower occupiers of private land to impound and deal with animals trespassing on their land, and
(c) to provide for the release of impounded animals and articles that are claimed by their owners, and
(d) to provide for the disposal of impounded animals and articles that are not claimed by their owners and, if they are disposed of by sale, to provide for the disposal of the proceeds of sale.
Compliance Overview