Animals Act, 1985

Miscellaneous amendments.

7.—Each provision of an Act mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this section is hereby amended in the manner stated in column (2) of that Table opposite the mention of that provision in column (1).

TABLE

Provision of Act amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Paragraph 1 of section 10 of the Act of 1851 (as amended by the Decimal Currency Act, 1970 ).

The substitution of “shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence under this paragraph, to a fine not exceeding £150 and, in the case of a second or subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding £350” for “shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty new pence”.

Paragraph 11 of section 10 of the Act of 1851 (as amended by the Decimal Currency Act, 1970 ).

The substitution of “shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence under this paragraph, to a fine not exceeding £150 and, in the case of a second or subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding £350” for “shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten new pence”.

Section 8 (1) of the Act of 1935.

The substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e):

“(e) the sale, disposal or destruction, pursuant to an order of the local authority in whose functional area the pound is situated, of animals found trespassing, wandering or straying, or of chattels, of which the owner is unknown or cannot be found, and the time after which such sale, disposal or destruction shall take place;”

The insertion of the following paragraphs after the said paragraph (e):

“(ee) the sale, disposal or destruction, pursuant to an order of the local authority in whose functional area the pound is situated, of impounded animals of which the owner is known where the owner, on request by the pound keeper, fails to pay the prescribed fees or to remove the animals from the pound;

(eee) the notices to be given or displayed in connection with the impounding of animals;”

The substitution, in paragraph (f), of “paragraphs (e) and (ee)” for “the next preceding paragraph”.

Section 8 (2) of the Act of 1935.

The substitution of “£500” for “twenty pounds”.

Section 9 of the Act of 1935.

The substitution of “£750” for “fifty pounds”.