4 Penalties and disqualifications. E+W+S

(1)Any person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Act other than section 2(4) thereof shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £25 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2)Any person guilty of an offence under section 2(4) of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 2 on the standard scale].

(3)Where a person is convicted of any offence under this Act or of any offence under the M1Protection of Animals Act 1911 or the M2Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 or the M3Pet Animals Act 1951 or the M4Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963, the court by which he is convicted may cancel any licence held by him under this Act and may, whether or not he is the holder of such a licence, disqualify him from keeping a riding establishment for such period as the court thinks fit.

(4)A court which has ordered the cancellation of a person’s licence, or his disqualification in pursuance of the last foregoing subsection may, if it thinks fit, suspend the operation of the order pending an appeal.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 4(1) to be read and have effect as if the maximum fine which may be imposed on summary conviction were a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale: Riding Establishments Act 1970 (c. 32, SIF 124:4), s. 4; (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

Marginal Citations