The African Horse Sickness Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Offences and penalties N.I.

33.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if that person fails to comply with any of the following provisions—

(a) regulation 3(4) (occupier to give reasonable assistance to enable any other occupier to comply with obligations);

(b) regulation 3(5) (occupier to take reasonable steps to inform other occupiers of movement restrictions arising from notice);

(c) regulation 5(1) or (2) (requirement to notify Department of suspect horse or carcase etc);

(d) regulation 7(7)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) (prohibition on movement of notified horse carcase or thing; or other horses);

(e) regulation 7(7)(b)(i) or (ii) (obligation to move horses and identify vectors etc);

(f) regulation 11(3) (prohibition on persons moving horses onto premises);

(g) regulation 13(5)(a), (b) or (c) (controls relating to slaughterhouses);

(h) regulation 16(4) (prohibition on unlicensed movement within temporary control zone);

(i) paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 (prohibition on unlicensed movement out of protection zone or out of surveillance zone to an area free from restrictions);

(j) paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (prohibition on unlicensed movement of asses etc or movement of horses showing clinical signs of African horse sickness);

(k) regulation 20(3) (obligation to comply with restrictions and measures imposed by declaration under regulation 16(5) or 17(7));

(l) regulation 23 (prohibition on vaccination);

(m) regulation 24(2) (requirement to vaccinate in accordance with declaration of vaccination zone);

(n) regulation 25(1) or (2) (requirement to identify vaccinated horse and to keep records; prohibition on unlicensed movement of vaccinated horse);

(o) regulation 26(2) (requirement to comply with notice);

(p) regulation 27(2)(a) or (b) (requirement to carry licence or copy; requirement to produce etc licence);

(q) regulation 27(4)(a), (b) or (c) (requirement to carry document; requirement to produce etc document; requirement to keep document);

(r) regulation 30 (obligation on new occupier to allow entry for purposes of feeding or welfare);

(s) regulation 32 (obstruction);

(t) paragraph 1, 2, or 4 of Schedule 1 (requirement to keep records etc; requirement as to housing of horses; requirement to implement vector control);

(u) paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (prohibition on unlicensed movement).

(2) A person guilty of an offence is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 33 in operation at 18.11.2013, see reg. 1