{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975/section-15A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975/section-15A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/35",
  "legislation_title": "Farriers (Registration) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farriers-registration-act-1975",
  "path": "section/15A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15A",
  "heading": "Restriction on use of style.",
  "text": "(1) It shall be unlawful for a person who is not registered in the register to use or adopt the style, title or description “farrier” or “shoeing smith” or any other style, title or description which is likely to cause any other person to believe that such first mentioned person is so registered:\nProvided that this subsection shall not apply to a person—\n(i)who, having had his name removed from the register, has not yet been given notice by the registrar of its removal; or\n(ii)who, having applied for registration in the register, has not had his application finally determined ; ...\n(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) A person who contravenes this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 15A inserted by Farriers (Registration) (Amendment) Act 1977 (c. 31), Sch. para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 15A(1)(iii) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Farriers and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/457), regs. 1(1), 2(7) (with regs. 3-4A) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), 6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/35/section/15A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:37:57.666079+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."
}