Section 5 Disqualification orders: further provisionI1

(1)

The 2006 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 40 (disqualification orders) —

(a)

after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)
The purpose of a disqualification order is for the future protection of animals and not in substitution for a penalty for a relevant offence.”,

(b)

in subsection (6), the words “, or instead of,” are repealed.

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