# Animal Health Act 1981, Section 71: Other offences as to licences.

Extent: E+W+S

A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—
(a) who, with intent unlawfully to evade this Act, or an order of the Minister, or a regulation of a local authority, does anything for which a licence is requisite under this Act, or such an order or regulation, without having obtained a licence; or
(b) who, where a licence is so requisite, having obtained a licence, with the like intent does the thing licensed after the licence has expired; or
(c) who uses or offers or attempts to use as such a licence—
(i) an instrument not being a complete licence, or
(ii) an instrument untruly purporting or appearing to be a licence,
unless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that incompleteness or untruth, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/22/section/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-health-act-1981/section-71
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