Farriers (Registration) Act 1975

16Offences by unregistered persons

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section it shall be unlawful—

(a)for a person who is not registered in the register to carry out any farriery; or

(b)for a person who is registered in Part III of the register to carry out farriery by way of trade or for reward ; or

(c)for a person who is not registered in the register to use or adopt the style, title or description "farrier" or " shoeing smith " or any other style, title or description similar thereto or which may be calculated to deceive or mislead or cause any person to believe that such person is so registered:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to the carrying out of farriery by—

(i)a person serving under articles of apprenticeship which satisfy the prescribed terms and conditions, if carried out in the course of his apprenticeship;

(ii)a person attending a course of training approved by the Council under section 11 of this Act conducted at an institution so approved if carried out in the course of his training ;

(iii)a veterinary surgeon or veterinary : practitioner;

(iv)a person undergoing training as a veterinary surgeon in respect of any farriery carried out by him under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon, veterinary practitioner or a person registered under this Act; or

(v)a person rendering first-aid in case of emergency to a horse.

(2)Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a person—

(a)who, having had his name removed from the register has not yet been given notice by the registrar of its removal; or

(b)who, having applied for registration in the register before the expiration of the period of two years or 12 months as the case may be beginning with the day appointed by the Secretary of State under section 19 of this Act as the day on which this Act, except this section, is to come into force, or such period as the Council may direct in pursuance of subsection (6) of section 7 of this Act, has not had his application finally determined.

(3)A person who contravenes this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.

(4)(a)Where an offence under this section has been committed by an employee and it is proved that his employer has failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the offence then such employer shall be deemed also to be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly and where such employer is a body corporate and an offence punishable under this section is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to, any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(b)In this subsection, "director" in relation to any body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying oh under national ownership any industry or part of an industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by the members thereof, means a member of that body corporate.