Overview of the Act
The Pet Abduction Act 2024 ("the Act") introduces new criminal offences in relation to the taking or detaining of a dog from the lawful control of any person; and the taking of a cat from the lawful control of any person.
	The Act also introduces an enabling power to amend the Act to apply or replicate the offences through secondary legislation to other species of animal commonly kept as pets, when certain conditions are met.