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Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

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21Traps and snares.N.I.

(1)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any person who—

(a)for the purpose of killing or taking animals, uses or permits the use of any spring trap other than an approved trap or uses or permits the use of an approved trap in circumstances or for animals for which it is not approved; or

(b)sells, or exposes or offers for sale, any spring trap other than an approved trap with a view to its being used for a purpose which is unlawful under paragraph ( a); or

(c)has in his possession any spring trap for a purpose which is unlawful under this subsection; or

(d)fails to inspect or cause some competent person to inspect at reasonable intervals of time, and at least once every day between sunrise and sunset, any trap or snare which he has set or caused or procured to be set for the purpose of killing or taking animals;

shall be guilty of an offence of cruelty within the meaning of this Part.

(2)In subsection (1) any reference to an approved trap means a trap of a type and make for the time being specified by an order of the Ministry, either generally or subject to conditions as to the circumstances in which or the animals for which it may be used, and any reference to the circumstances or animals for which a trap is approved shall be construed accordingly.

(3)Subsection (1)( a) shall not render unlawful the experimental use of a spring trap under and in accordance with a licence or authority granted by the Ministry to enable a trap to be developed or tested with a view to its being approved under subsection (2).

(4)Subsection (1) shall not apply to traps of any description specified by order of the Ministry as being adapted solely for the destruction of rats, mice or other small ground vermin.

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