# Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, Section 10: Offences and penalties.


(1) Any person who—
(a) keeps an unlicensed petshop, animal boarding, riding or zoological establishment; or
(b) being licensed, fails, after reasonable warning, to comply with any condition contained in his licence; or
(c) gives information which he knows to be false in a material particular to an authorised officer acting in the exercise of his functions under this Part; or
(d) wilfully obstructs or delays an authorised officer in the exercise of his functions under this Part;
shall be guilty of an offence.
(1A) Any person who carries on a business of selling animals as pets in a street or public place, or from a vehicle, stall or barrow, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)( a), ( b) or ( c) or subsection (1A) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to both, and any person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)( d) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/7/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-10
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