# Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, Section 31: Penalties

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person guilty of an offence under any of sections 6(10) and (12), ..., 9, 10(6), 12(6), 14, 15, 17(12), 19(7), ..., ... and 50(3) or paragraph 17 of Schedule 3 or any regulations made under section 11, 12(7) or 13, where breach of those regulations is an offence, shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
(1A) A person guilty of an offence under section 4 or 8(1) or (2) shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine not exceeding £20,000, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to a fine, or both.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under any of sections ..., 5, 6(1), (2), (11) and (15), 7 , 8(3), 33(9) and 40(7) shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years , or to a fine, or both.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/16/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-31
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