(1)Cattle bearing unhealed wounds which appear to have resulted from the removal of their horns shall not be—
(a)exposed for sale in any market or fair or sale-yard or other public or private place where animals are commonly offered or exposed for sale; or
(b)brought to any slaughter-house.
(2)If subsection (1) is contravened with respect to any cattle, the owner of the cattle shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F1 level 3 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(3)In this section—
“cattle” means bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers, calves, steers or oxen;
“slaughter-house” means any building, premises or place used in connection with the business of killing animals for the purpose of the flesh being used for human consumption.