1 Offences relating to fur farmingS
(1)Any person who keeps animals solely or primarily—
(a)for slaughter (whether by that person or another) for the value of their fur, or
(b)for breeding progeny for such slaughter,
is guilty of an offence.
(2)Any person who causes or permits another person to keep animals as mentioned in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
(3)The references in subsection (1) to keeping animals for slaughter and to breeding progeny for slaughter include keeping or (as the case may be) breeding them for sale for slaughter.
(4)Where an offence under this section has been committed by a body corporate and it has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to the neglect of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.
(5)Where an offence under this section has been committed by a Scottish partnership and it has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to the neglect of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence.
(6)A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000.