Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

PART III General

Amendment of Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

12.  The Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(1) shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in regulation 14(1) after the words “contravention of these Regulations” there shall be inserted the words “ or the Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999”;

(b) in regulation 16(1)(a) after the words “or Council Regulation 494/98” there shall be inserted the words “or the Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999”;

(c) in regulation 16(1)(b) after the words “execution of these Regulations” and “his functions under these Regulations” there shall be inserted in each case the words “or the Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999”; and

(d) in regulation 16(1)(c) after the words “execution of these Regulations” there shall be inserted the words “or the Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999”.

Penalties

13.  A person guilty of any offence under these Regulations shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment not exceeding three months or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

(1)

S.R. 1998 No. 279