The Zoonoses (Monitoring) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Offences and penaltiesE+W

8.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he or she—

(a)administers any treatment to an animal with the intention of disguising any zoonosis or zoonotic agent;

(b)defaces, obliterates or removes any mark applied under regulation 5(c);

(c)removes or intentionally damages any equipment placed on premises under regulation 5(e);

(d)fails to comply with regulation 6(1);

(e)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of these Regulations or enforcement;

(f)gives any information that he or she knows to be false or misleading to any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations;

(g)fails, without reasonable excuse—

(i)to give any assistance or information that any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations may require him or her to give; or

(ii)to produce any record that any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations may require him or her to produce,

for the performance of that person's functions under these Regulations.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.