Regulation 27 Offences relating to domestic animals and to property

Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 7(1) or (2) in so far as it applies to injury or impairment to the health or safety of any domestic animal or damage to any property shall be guilty of an offence under this paragraph and punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for not more than three months or with a fine of not more than level 5 on the standard scale.

Where the commission by any person of an offence under paragraph (1) above is due to the act or default of some other person, that other person shall be guilty of the offence, and a person may be charged with and convicted of the offence by virtue of this regulation whether or not proceedings are taken against the first-mentioned person.

Where an offence under this regulation committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed guilty of the offence.

Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (3) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.