PART IICONTROL OF PETSHOPS, ANIMAL BOARDING, RIDING AND ZOOLOGICAL ESTABLISHMENTS

10Offences and penalties.

1

Any person who—

a

keeps an unlicensed petshop, animal boarding, riding or zoological establishment; or

b

being licensed, fails, after reasonable warning, to comply with any condition contained in his licence; or

c

gives information which he knows to be false in a material particular to an authorised officer acting in the exercise of his functions under this Part; or

d

wilfully obstructs or delays an authorised officer in the exercise of his functions under this Part;

shall be guilty of an offence.

F11A

Any person who carries on a business of selling animals as pets in a street or public place, or from a vehicle, stall or barrow, shall be guilty of an offence.

F12

Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)( a), ( b) or ( c) or subsection (1A) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to both, and any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)( d) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.