Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
(a) are in public places without lawful authority, or(b) are on other land without the consent of the occupier of the land.(1) A local authority may seize and impound a horse which is on any highway, or in any other public place, in the local authority's area if the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing that the horse is there without lawful authority.in the case of land of which the local authority is the occupier, that the horse is there without the local authority's consent, orin the case of other land in the local authority's area, that the horse is there without the consent of the occupier of the land and that the occupier consents to the local authority seizing and impounding it.stating that the horse has been seized and the date and time at which it was seized, andgiving details of how contact can be made with the local authority.(2) A local authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable after seizing a horse under section 2, take reasonable steps to ascertain who is the owner of the horse.a constable, andif any person appears to the local authority to be the owner of the horse or to be acting on behalf of the owner in relation to the horse, that person.(4) Where, within the period of 7 days beginning with that on which a horse is seized under section 2, a local authority ascertains that a person who has not been given a written notice under subsection (3) (b) is the owner of the horse, the local authority must, within 24 hours, give a written notice to that person.a brief description of the horse,a statement of the date, time and place at which the horse was seized, anddetails of how contact can be made with the local authority.why the recipient appears to the local authority to be the owner of the horse or to be acting on behalf of the owner in relation to the horse, andthe effect of the operation of section 5 in relation to the horse (including when the power conferred by subsection (3) of that section will become available) .(7) A notice under subsection (3) (a) must also state who has been given a notice under subsection (3) (b) in relation to the horse.(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.how that amount was arrived at, andthe right to refer a dispute for resolution by the Welsh Ministers and how to exercise it.neither the owner of the horse nor a person acting on behalf of the owner of the horse has contacted the local authority before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the relevant day, orthe owner of the horse or a person acting on behalf of the owner of the horse has contacted the local authority before the end of that period but, having been given notice under subsection (3) of section 4, has failed to comply with subsection (1) of that section before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the notice was received.if the local authority gives notice under section 3(4) , the day on which that notice is given, andotherwise, the day on which the local authority places the notice under section 3(1) .(3) The local authority may sell or otherwise dispose of the horse (including by arranging for its destruction) .(4) Where there are no proceeds arising from the disposal, or the amount of the costs incurred in connection with the disposal exceeds the amount of such proceeds, the owner of the horse is liable to pay to the local
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