Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954

2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 40 · Enacted 5 July 1954 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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Provision	Change	Made by
s. 2	words substituted	Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 26 para. 14

An Act to extend the powers of the courts to disqualify for having custody of animals persons convicted of cruelty to them and to increase the maximum fine for offences of cruelty to animals; and for purposes connected therewith.F1

[5th July 1954]C1

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Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (S.) (6.10.2006) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), s. 55(1), Sch. 2 para. 9(f) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2006/482, art. 2 (with art. 4(1))

Modifications

C1: Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

1Power to disqualify persons convicted of cruelty to animals.
2Breach of disqualification order. Repealed
2ABreach of disqualification order
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
4Interpretation, citation, extent and commencement.

1Power to disqualify persons convicted of cruelty to animals.F1

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F2....

2Breach of disqualification order.F2 F1

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2ABreach of disqualification orderF1

(1)

If a person has custody of any animal in contravention of an order made under this Act by a court in Scotland, he shall be liable on summary conviction to—

(a)

imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or

(b)

a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

or to both.

(2)

This section applies to orders made before, as well as to orders made after, the coming into force of this section.

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

4Interpretation, citation, extent and commencement.

F1(1)

In this Act—

(a)

expressions used have, in relation to England and Wales, the same meanings as in the M1 Protection of Animals Act, 1911, and, in relation to Scotland, the same meanings as in the M2 Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912; and

(b)

references to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any other enactment, including this Act.

(2)

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954.

(3)

This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(4)

This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty-five.