1Offences relating to fur farming

1

Any person who keeps animals solely or primarily—

a

for slaughter (whether by that person or another) for the value of their fur, or

b

for breeding progeny for such slaughter,

is guilty of an offence.

2

Any person who causes or permits another person to keep animals as mentioned in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

3

The references in subsection (1) to keeping animals for slaughter and to breeding progeny for slaughter include keeping or (as the case may be) breeding them for sale for slaughter.

4

Where an offence under this section has been committed by a body corporate and it has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to the neglect of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence.

5

Where an offence under this section has been committed by a Scottish partnership and it has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to the neglect of, a partner, that partner as well as the partnership is guilty of the offence.

6

A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000.