Welfare of animals

Sale of animals as pets in street or public place12

1

In section 10 of the 1972 Act (offences and penalties), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

1A

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.

2

For subsection (2) of that section (penalties) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

2

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.

3

In section 12(1) of that Act (interpretation), in the definition of “petshop”, the words “structure (whether moveable or not), vehicle, cart or barrow” shall cease to have effect.