# The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007, Regulation 7: Offences

Extent: E+W

(1) A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or excuse, he or she—
(a) contravenes, or does not comply with a duty in, regulation 4, 5 or 6;
(b) makes an entry in a record, or gives any information for the purposes of these Regulations which he or she knows to be false in any material particular or, for those purposes, recklessly makes a statement or gives any information which is false in any material particular; or
(c) causes or permits any of the above.
(2) A food business operator who, without lawful authority or excuse, fails to comply with a duty in paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 5A, commits an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3070/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-7
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