Animals and Birds Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Animal Welfare and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
46. No compensation for destruction of an animal incurably diseased or injured or destroyed at request of professed owner
Feedback & supportNo compensation is in any case payable to any person in respect of the destruction of any animal —
animal
“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or fish and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
under an order made under section 44(1)(c);
under written directions given under section 45(1); or
in compliance with a written request to an authorised officer or a person in charge of a veterinary centre or such other place as provided for in section 44(1) by any person professing to be the owner of the animal.