The Animals (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2023
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Schedule 1 Relevant offences
Regulation 3 Offence | Enforcement authority 1. In the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, an offence under— (a) section 2(5) (keeping a dangerous wild animal without a licence) or (6) (contravention of or non-compliance with licence condition); (b) section 3(4) (obstructing or delaying inspection by local authority). | Local authorities 2. In the Animal Health Act 1981, an offence under— (a) section 4(1) (false statements) or (2) (obstruction of inspection authorised under section 3(2)); (b) section 8(2) (breach of prohibition of use of vessel etc); (c) section 15(7) (failure to keep an animal separate and failure to give notice of disease); (d) section 16(17) (failure to give assistance with treatment with serum or vaccine); (e) section 28A(1) (deliberate infection); (f) section 30(3) (failure to comply with zoonoses control requirements); (g) section 35(4) (disposal of carcases in river etc or digging up of carcases); (h) section 40(1) (export of horses unless certified); (i) section 41(1) (export of certain ponies unless of a certain value and certified); (j) section 42 (restriction on export of registered ponies); (k) section 45(2) (marking of horses with a view to evading export restriction); (l) section 49(3) (contravention of sections 40 to 42 and 44 to 48); (m) section 62F(8) (failure to give assistance to a veterinary inspector); (n) section 66 (refusal and obstruction); (o) section 66A(1) (refusal and obstruction of inspector) or (2) (failure to give assistance under section 62C(3)); (p) section 67 (issue of false licences etc); (q) section 68 (issue of licences etc. in blank); (r) section 69 (falsely obtaining licences etc); (s) section 71 (other offences as to licences); (t) section 72(a) (acts and omissions declared to be an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981), insofar as it relates to an act or omission declared by that Act to be an offence; (u) section 72(b) (acts made or declared to be not lawful), insofar as it relates to an act made or declared by the Animal Health Act 1981 to be not lawful; (v) section 73(a) (acts in contravention of the Animal Health Act 1981 etc), insofar as it relates to an act in contravention of the Animal Health Act 1981; (w) section 73(b) (failure to give, produce, observe or do anything required), insofar as it relates to a requirement under the Animal Health Act 1981. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 3. An offence for the purposes of section 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under— (a) article 5A of the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 (offences); (b) article 13 of the Rabies (Control) Order 1974 (offences); (c) article 8 of the Importation of Animal Pathogens Order 1980 (summary offences); (d) article 20 of the Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983 (offences); (e) article 14 of the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987 (offences); (f) article 19 of the Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990 (offences); (g) article 20 of the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990 (offences); (h) article 13 of the Anthrax Order 1991 (offences); (i) the following provisions of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006— (i) article 4(1) (transport causing injury or unnecessary suffering) or (2) (transport in inappropriate conditions); (ii) article 5(1) (failure to comply with transport requirements); (iii) article 6 (transporters); (iv) article 7(1) (failure to comply with provisions for transport on roll-on-roll-off vessels); (v) article 8 (organisers); (vi) article 9 (keepers); (vii) article 10 (assembly centres); (viii) article 11(1) (operation of a control post without approval), (2) (operation of an unapproved control post), or (3) (failure to comply with certain provisions). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 4. An offence for the purposes of section 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under article 3 of the Control of Dogs Order 1992 (offences). | Local authorities 5. An offence for the purposes of section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under— (a) the Pleuro-Pneumonia Order 1928; (b) the Cattle Plague Order 1928; (c) the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960; (d) the Rabies (Control) Order 1974; (e) the Importation of Animal Pathogens Order 1980; (f) the Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983; (g) the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987; (h) the Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990; (i) the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990; (j) the Anthrax Order 1991; (k) the Equine Viral Arteritis Order 1995; (l) the Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002; (m) the Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003; (n) the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003; (o) the Disease Control (England) Order 2003; (p) the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006; (q) the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006; (r) the Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006; (s) the Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006; (t) the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006; (u) the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (England) Order 2007; (v) the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008; (w) the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009; (x) the Animal Gatherings Order 2010; (y) the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011; (z) article 25 of the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 (enforcement); (z1) the Exotic Equine Diseases (Compensation) (England) (No. 2) Order 2023. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 6. An offence for the purposes of section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) (Order) 2006. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 7. In the Animal Welfare Act 2006, an offence under— (a) section 9 (duty of a person responsible for animal to ensure welfare); (b) section 11 (transfer of animals by way of sale or prize to persons under 16); (c) section 13 (licensing or registration of activities involving animals). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 8. An offence under regulation 7 of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 9. An offence under regulation 25 of the Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 10. An offence under regulation 39 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; port health authorities; the Food Standards Agency; a customs official or customs officer referred to in regulation 32 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 11. An offence under regulation 35(1) of the African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 12. In the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013, an offence under— (a) regulation 17 (compliance with animal by-product requirements); (b) regulation 18 (obstruction); (c) regulation 25(5) (contravention of notice provisions). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; port health authorities; the Food Standards Agency; a food authority referred to in regulation 21 of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 13. An offence under regulation 39 of the Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 14. In the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015, an offence under— (a) regulation 30(1) (offences: general) or (2) (failure to comply with enforcement notice); (b) regulations 31 (obstruction offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 15. An offence under regulation 20 of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (offences). | Local authorities 16. An offence under regulation 18 of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 17. In the Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019, an offence under— (a) section 1(3) (prohibition on use of wild animals in travelling circuses); (b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (inspections). | The Secretary of State
Schedule 1 Relevant offences
Regulation 3 Offence | Enforcement authority 1. In the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, an offence under— (a) section 2(5) (keeping a dangerous wild animal without a licence) or (6) (contravention of or non-compliance with licence condition); (b) section 3(4) (obstructing or delaying inspection by local authority). | Local authorities 2. In the Animal Health Act 1981, an offence under— (a) section 4(1) (false statements) or (2) (obstruction of inspection authorised under section 3(2)); (b) section 8(2) (breach of prohibition of use of vessel etc); (c) section 15(7) (failure to keep an animal separate and failure to give notice of disease); (d) section 16(17) (failure to give assistance with treatment with serum or vaccine); (e) section 28A(1) (deliberate infection); (f) section 30(3) (failure to comply with zoonoses control requirements); (g) section 35(4) (disposal of carcases in river etc or digging up of carcases); (h) section 40(1) (export of horses unless certified); (i) section 41(1) (export of certain ponies unless of a certain value and certified); (j) section 42 (restriction on export of registered ponies); (k) section 45(2) (marking of horses with a view to evading export restriction); (l) section 49(3) (contravention of sections 40 to 42 and 44 to 48); (m) section 62F(8) (failure to give assistance to a veterinary inspector); (n) section 66 (refusal and obstruction); (o) section 66A(1) (refusal and obstruction of inspector) or (2) (failure to give assistance under section 62C(3)); (p) section 67 (issue of false licences etc); (q) section 68 (issue of licences etc. in blank); (r) section 69 (falsely obtaining licences etc); (s) section 71 (other offences as to licences); (t) section 72(a) (acts and omissions declared to be an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981), insofar as it relates to an act or omission declared by that Act to be an offence; (u) section 72(b) (acts made or declared to be not lawful), insofar as it relates to an act made or declared by the Animal Health Act 1981 to be not lawful; (v) section 73(a) (acts in contravention of the Animal Health Act 1981 etc), insofar as it relates to an act in contravention of the Animal Health Act 1981; (w) section 73(b) (failure to give, produce, observe or do anything required), insofar as it relates to a requirement under the Animal Health Act 1981. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 3. An offence for the purposes of section 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under— (a) article 5A of the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 (offences); (b) article 13 of the Rabies (Control) Order 1974 (offences); (c) article 8 of the Importation of Animal Pathogens Order 1980 (summary offences); (d) article 20 of the Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983 (offences); (e) article 14 of the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987 (offences); (f) article 19 of the Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990 (offences); (g) article 20 of the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990 (offences); (h) article 13 of the Anthrax Order 1991 (offences); (i) the following provisions of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006— (i) article 4(1) (transport causing injury or unnecessary suffering) or (2) (transport in inappropriate conditions); (ii) article 5(1) (failure to comply with transport requirements); (iii) article 6 (transporters); (iv) article 7(1) (failure to comply with provisions for transport on roll-on-roll-off vessels); (v) article 8 (organisers); (vi) article 9 (keepers); (vii) article 10 (assembly centres); (viii) article 11(1) (operation of a control post without approval), (2) (operation of an unapproved control post), or (3) (failure to comply with certain provisions). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 4. An offence for the purposes of section 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under article 3 of the Control of Dogs Order 1992 (offences). | Local authorities 5. An offence for the purposes of section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under— (a) the Pleuro-Pneumonia Order 1928; (b) the Cattle Plague Order 1928; (c) the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960; (d) the Rabies (Control) Order 1974; (e) the Importation of Animal Pathogens Order 1980; (f) the Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983; (g) the Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987; (h) the Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990; (i) the Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990; (j) the Anthrax Order 1991; (k) the Equine Viral Arteritis Order 1995; (l) the Movement of Animals (Restrictions) (England) Order 2002; (m) the Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003; (n) the Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003; (o) the Disease Control (England) Order 2003; (p) the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006; (q) the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006; (r) the Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006; (s) the Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006; (t) the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006; (u) the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (England) Order 2007; (v) the Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (England) Regulations 2008; (w) the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009; (x) the Animal Gatherings Order 2010; (y) the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011; (z) article 25 of the Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 (enforcement); (z1) the Exotic Equine Diseases (Compensation) (England) (No. 2) Order 2023. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 6. An offence for the purposes of section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 under the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) (No.2) (Order) 2006. | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 7. In the Animal Welfare Act 2006, an offence under— (a) section 9 (duty of a person responsible for animal to ensure welfare); (b) section 11 (transfer of animals by way of sale or prize to persons under 16); (c) section 13 (licensing or registration of activities involving animals). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 8. An offence under regulation 7 of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 9. An offence under regulation 25 of the Bluetongue Regulations 2008 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 10. An offence under regulation 39 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; port health authorities; the Food Standards Agency; a customs official or customs officer referred to in regulation 32 of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 11. An offence under regulation 35(1) of the African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012 (offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 12. In the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013, an offence under— (a) regulation 17 (compliance with animal by-product requirements); (b) regulation 18 (obstruction); (c) regulation 25(5) (contravention of notice provisions). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; port health authorities; the Food Standards Agency; a food authority referred to in regulation 21 of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013 13. An offence under regulation 39 of the Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State 14. In the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015, an offence under— (a) regulation 30(1) (offences: general) or (2) (failure to comply with enforcement notice); (b) regulations 31 (obstruction offences). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 15. An offence under regulation 20 of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (offences). | Local authorities 16. An offence under regulation 18 of the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 (offences and penalties). | Local authorities; the Secretary of State; the Food Standards Agency 17. In the Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019, an offence under— (a) section 1(3) (prohibition on use of wild animals in travelling circuses); (b) paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 (inspections). | The Secretary of State
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