{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-70",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-70.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animal Health Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Alteration of licences etc.",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence against this Act, who, with intent unlawfully to evade this Act, or an order of the Minister, or a regulation of a local authority—\n(a) alters, or falsely makes, or ante-dates, or counterfeits a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument made or issued, or purporting to be made or issued, under or for any purpose of this Act or such an order or regulation; or\n(b) offers or utters such a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument knowing it to be altered, or falsely made, or ante-dated or counterfeited.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 70 repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 70 applied (S.) (28.10.2005 at midnight) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures in Zoos) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/531), regs. 1(1), 7(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 70 applied (S.) (28.10.2005 at midnight) by Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/530), regs. 1(1), 10(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 70 applied (with modifications) (S.) (23.2.2006) by Foot and Mouth Disease (Slaughter and Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/45), regs. 1(1), 41(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 70 applied (with modifications) (S.) (1.7.2006) by Avian Influenza (Slaughter and Vaccination) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/337), regs. 1(2), 26(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 70 applied (S.) (25.1.2007) by Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/606), regs. 1(b), 28(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/22/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:14.497777+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}