Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954
1954 c.40
An Act to extend the powers of the courts to disqualify for having custody of animals persons convicted of cruelty to them and to increase the maximum fine for offences of cruelty to animals; and for purposes connected therewith.F2
Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
F51 Power to disqualify persons convicted of cruelty to animals.
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F72F8Breach of disqualification order.
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2AF3Breach of disqualification order
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If a person has custody of any animal in contravention of an order made under this Act by a court in Scotland, he shall be liable on summary conviction to—
a
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or
b
a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
or to both.
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This section applies to orders made before, as well as to orders made after, the coming into force of this section.
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4 Interpretation, citation, extent and commencement.
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In this Act—
a
b
references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any other enactment, including this Act.
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This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954.
3
This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
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This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.
Act repealed (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), s. 55(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(f) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2 (with art. 4(1))