35 Punishment of offences.E+W+S
(1)A person guilty of an offence under section 33(1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(2)A person guilty of any other offence under this Act shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the relevant amount or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(3)In subsection (2) above “the relevant amount” means—
(a)in the case of an offence under [section 7 or 14] above, £20,000;
(b)in any other case, the statutory maximum.
(4)If a person who is—
(a)licensed under section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 to keep a . . . knacker’s yard;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)licensed under section 6 of [the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980] to use any premises as a knacker’s yard,
is convicted of an offence under Part II of this Act, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, cancel his licence or registration.
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