Section 50: Deprivation orders, seizure orders and interim orders: offences

Animal Welfare Act 2006 · 2006 c. 45View on legislation.gov.uk

Where the operation of a deprivation order is suspended under section 49(4), a person commits an offence if the person sells or otherwise parts with an animal to which the order applies.

A person commits an offence if the person intentionally obstructs a person in the carrying out of—

a deprivation order,
a seizure order,
an interim order under section 48(9) or 49(5).

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is 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 to both.

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