Section 4 Penalties.
United Kingdom
Any person who, being the owner or master or a member of the crew of a British ship registered in the United Kingdom, wilfully kills or takes a seal in contravention of section 1 of this Act shall be liable—
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both;
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both.
Without prejudice to the preceding subsection, any person who, in contravention of section 1 of this Act, wilfully kills any mammal or bird of a specially protected species shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale.
Except as otherwise provided by the preceding provisions of this section, any person who commits an offence under section 1 of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 3 on the standard scale.
Any person who—
fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him by a permit in accordance with section 3(4) of this Act, or
in any report made by him in pursuance of such a requirement knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
- F2
Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I) S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.11.1995) (except in respect of the repeal of Sections 6, 7(2)(b) and (7), 8, 9, 10 and 11) by 1994 c. 15, s. 33, Sch.; S.I. 1995/2748, art. 2