SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26Increase in maximum term for certain summary offences

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

23(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”.