SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26Increase in maximum term for certain summary offences

23Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

1

The Slaughterhouses Act 1974 is amended as follows.

2

In section 20 (wrongful disclosure of information), in subsection (4), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

3

In section 21 (obstruction), in subsection (1), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

4

In section 23 (prosecution and punishment of offences), in subsection (2)(a), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.