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.