Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020

JurisdictionScotland
Citation2020 asp 14
(1) The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (in this Act, “the 2006 Act”) is amended as follows.for subsection (1) substitute—
  • “(1) A person who commits an offence under section 19 or 23 is liable—
  • (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £20,000 (or both) ,
  • (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both) .
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £20,000 (or both) ,on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine (or both) .after “Part” insert “ (other than under regulations made under section 46A) ”,for “referred to in subsection (2) ” substitute “ mentioned in subsection (4) ”,after subsection (3) insert—
  • (4) The penalties referred to in subsection (4) are imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £40,000 (or both) .
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The penalties referred to in subsection (4) are imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £40,000 (or both) .(3) Section 44 is repealed.
  • In the 2006 Act, after section 46 insert—
      (46A) Fixed penalty notices for certain offences
    • “(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the issuing of fixed penalty notices in relation to certain offences.
    • (2) The offences in relation to which fixed penalty notices may be issued must be specified in or by virtue of regulations under subsection (1) .
    • (3) The offences which may be specified are offences—
    • (a) under—
    • (i) this Part,
    • (ii) regulations made under section 26, 27 or 28 (whether made before, on or after the coming into force of this section) , or
    • (iii) another enactment (whether made or, as the case may be, passed before, on or after the coming into force of this section) which the Scottish Ministers consider relates to animal welfare, and
  • The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the issuing of fixed penalty notices in relation to certain offences.The offences in relation to which fixed penalty notices may be issued must be specified in or by virtue of regulations under subsection (1) .this Part,regulations made under section 26, 27 or 28 (whether made before, on or after the coming into force of this section) , oranother enactment (whether made or, as the case may be, passed before, on or after the coming into force of this section) which the Scottish Ministers consider relates to animal welfare, andin relation to which the maximum penalty on conviction does not exceed imprisonment for a term of 6 months or a fine of level 5 on the standard scale (or both) .subject to subsections (6) and (7) , prescribing the form of a fixed penalty notice,prescribing the persons or categories of persons who are authorised to issue fixed penalty notices,conferring on the Scottish Ministers the power to authorise a person to issue fixed penalty notices,conferring powers to enter premises (other than dwelling-houses) in connection with the issuing of fixed penalty notices,about the circumstances in which fixed penalty notices may be issued (including the test which must be satisfied before a person authorised to issue such notices may do so) ,about the circumstances in which fixed penalty notices may not be issued,about the circumstances in which fixed penalty notices may be withdrawn (including the effects of such withdrawal) ,prescribing the amount of the fixed penalty which is to apply to an offence, being not more than level 5 on the standard scale,prescribing the person to whom payment may be made (who need not be the person who issued the fixed penalty notice) ,prescribing the period of time within which a fixed penalty may be paid (in this section, the “payment period”) ,about the circumstances in which a person to whom a fixed penalty notice is issued may decline the notice or otherwise object to or challenge it (including the period within which the person may do so) ,about the effects of failing to decline or otherwise object to or challenge a fixed penalty notice before the end of the period prescribed for doing so (including that such failure is deemed to be acceptance of the notice) ,conferring on the person who issued the fixed penalty notice or the person to whom payment may be made the power to extend the payment period in any particular case if the person considers it appropriate to do so,about the methods by which fixed penalties may be paid,for the amount of a fixed penalty to be discounted or increased by an amount or percentage in circumstances prescribed by the regulations (but not so as to make the amount payable more than level 5 on the standard scale) ,prescribing the effect of paying a fixed penalty within the payment period (for example, that no proceedings may be brought in respect of the offence to which the fixed penalty notice relates) ,about the consequences of not paying a fixed penalty within the payment period (including how liability to pay the penalty may be enforced) ,for additional procedure relating to fixed penalty notices (for example to make provision for hearings or appeals) ,for the destination of funds, the keeping of accounts and the preparation and publication of statements of account relating to fixed penalties provided for under the regulations,obstruction of a person who is exercising functions in relation to fixed penalty notices,a failure to provide information requested in connection with a fixed penalty notice.The maximum penalty that may be provided for in regulations under subsection (1) creating an offence is, on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.identify the offence to which it relates, andspecify reasonable particulars of the circumstances

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