Part IIIADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Offences
35Punishment of offences
(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, 8 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 M1Slaughterhouses Act 1974 to keep a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard;
(b)
registered under section 4 of the M2Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 in respect of any premises for use as a slaughterhouse; or
(c)
licensed under section 6 of that Act 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.