Animal Protection Account
32(1)There is established an account called the Animal Protection Account.
32(2)The Minister shall be the custodian of the Animal Protection Account and the Animal Protection Account shall be held in trust by the Minister.
32(3)The Animal Protection Account shall be held for the purposes of this section in a separate account in the Consolidated Fund.
32(4)The following revenue shall be deposited into the Animal Protection Account:
(a)
revenue from animal licence fees collected under the
Local Governance Act in areas outside the territorial limits of a local government;
(b)
revenue from pet establishment licence fees collected under this Act throughout the Province; and
(c)
revenue from fines and fixed penalties collected in respect of offences under this Act excluding any surcharge payable under the
Victims Services Act and any administrative fee referred to in paragraph 14(5)(
d) of the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act.
32(5)The purpose of the Animal Protection Account is to provide funding for animal protection.
32(6)Payments for the purposes of subsection (5) shall be a charge on and payable out of the Animal Protection Account.
32(7)The assets of the Animal Protection Account shall be used to provide funding for animal protection.
1997, c.27, s.5; 2005, c.7, s.78; 2007, c.33, s.10; 2017, c.20, s.179