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Sample Newspaper Notice for a Horse Agistment Lien under the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994

Note: the following text must appear in the newspaper Notice for the creation of a lien.


Attention: .............................................................................................................
(name of horse owner).

Agistment fees are owed for the horse left at ....................................................

..............................................................................................................................

(general location of the property at which the horse is being agisted) by you.

Part 3A of the Impounding of Livestock Act 1994 now applies.

For details contact .................................................................................................
(contact details of person issuing the default notice).

The Notice must be published in the “public notices” section of a daily newspaper that circulates generally in Victoria.

If contacted by the horse owner after this Notice is published in the newspaper, the landowner then provides the horse owner with a Default Notice (See 'Sample Default Notice' for details).

If a Notice is published in a newspaper in accordance with the Act, the default notice is taken to be served on the day the newspaper containing the notice is published.

© The State of Victoria 2005

ISBN 1 74146 351 3 The content of this Department of Primary Industries (DPI) document is provided for information purposes only. DPI does not warrant or represent that the information is free from errors or omissions. A person using the information should conduct independent enquiries to verify its accuracy, and its application to him or her. To the extent permitted by law, DPI, its employees and agents shall have no liability (including liability in negligence) to any person for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising as a result of any of the information, whether by reason of any error, omission or misrepresentation in the information or for any action taken by any person in reliance upon the information.

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