Animal Welfare Act 2006

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9(1)Regulations may provide for breach of a condition of a licence to be an offence.E+W

(2)Regulations may not provide for an offence of breach of condition of a licence to be triable on indictment or punishable with—

(a)imprisonment for a term exceeding 51 weeks, or

(b)a fine exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3)Regulations may provide that an offence of breach of condition of a licence is to be treated as a relevant offence for the purposes of section 23.

(4)Regulations may apply a relevant post-conviction power in relation to conviction for an offence of breach of condition of a licence.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(d)