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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 156
6. A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or excuse, that person—
(a)contravenes, or does not comply with a duty in, regulations 3, 4 or 5;
(b)makes an entry in a record, or gives any information for the purposes of these Regulations which they know to be false in any material particular or, for those purposes, recklessly makes a statement or gives any information which is false in any material particular; or
(c)causes or permits any of the above.
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