Animal Care Review Board

Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019
Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009

Function

The board is a quasi-judicial tribunal that hears appeals from individuals from whom animals have been seized or to whom orders have been issued under the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019. The Animal Care Review Board is designated as part of an adjudicative tribunal cluster by regulation made under the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and Appointments Act, 2009.

Powers of the ACRB

Under the authority of the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, the ACRB can:

Confirm, revoke or modify a compliance order issued by an animal welfare inspector.

Order that an animal removed by an animal welfare inspector or that was taken into the Chief Animal Welfare Inspector's care be returned to the owner or custodian.

Confirm, revoke or vary a statement of account served by the Chief Animal Welfare Inspector.

Order that the whole or any part of the cost to the owner or custodian of an animal of complying with an order be paid by the Minister to the owner or custodian.

Order that the whole or any part of the cost to the Chief Animal Welfare Inspector of providing necessaries to an animal be paid by the owner or custodian of the animal to the Minister of Finance.

When reviewing appeals and applications, the welfare of any animal involved is the ACRB's main priority.

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