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Pig Control Act 1998.

Country/Territory
Niue (New Zealand)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Niue Consolidated Legislation 2006.
Long title
An Act to provide for the control of pigs.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Swine Grazing Animal welfare
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

The Act imposes duties on holders of pigs and allows owners of land and police force to take actions against straying pigs. The owner of a pig must ensure that the pig is kept in an enclosure or tethered in such a way that it cannot wander at large. The owner of pig shall also ensure that the pig has sufficient food and water. If the owner of land finds a pig at large on that land and requests the owner of the pig to remove it, the owner of the pig must comply with that request as soon as reasonably practicable but in any event within 24 hours of being requested to do so. If the owner of the pig does not comply the owner of land may capture and destroy pig wandering on land. (18 sections)

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org