# The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010, Regulation 11: Offences


A person responsible for animals who—
(a) without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(i) contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these Regulations;
(ii) fails to comply with a notice served under regulation 8 within the time specified in the notice;
(b) makes any entry in a record, or gives any information for the purposes of these Regulations which that person knows to be false in any material particular or, for those purposes, recklessly makes a statement or recklessly gives any information which is false in any material particular; or
(c) causes or permits any of the above,
is guilty of an offence and will be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010228/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-11
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