Protection of Animals Act 1911

17 Application to Ireland

This Act in its application to Ireland shall be subject to the following modifications namely:—

(1) (a) Section twenty-three of the [14 & 15 Vict. c. 92.] Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851 (which gives a right of appeal), shall apply as respects any conviction or order under this Act (other than an order for the destruction of an animal), notwithstanding that the fine imposed does not exceed twenty shillings or that the term of imprisonment imposed does not exceed one month;

(b) A reference to section twenty-four of the [14 & 15 Vict. c. 93.] Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, shall be substituted for the reference to subsection (3) of section thirty-one of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879.

(2) Nothing in section eight of this Act shall prevent owners or occupiers of land in Ireland from laying or causing to be laid any poison or poisonous matter as therein described, after a notice has been posted in a conspicuous place, and notice in writing has been given to the nearest constabulary station.