Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 450EG

450EG Security for costs of keeping animal

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a party to an application for a stock disposal order for an animal disputes the making of the order; and

(b) no stock disposal order is made.

(2) The court may order the party to provide security, for the benefit of the person keeping the animal, for the amount of the costs decided by the court of keeping the animal for the relevant period.

(3) In this section—

"relevant period" means the period—

(a) starting on the day the hearing of the application starts; and

(b) ending on the later of the following—

(i) the day judgment is delivered in an appeal relating to the charge with which the animal is connected;

(ii) the day on which any right to appeal relating to the charge with which the animal is connected expires.