Part V Enforcement, Offences and Proceedings
Offences as to licences, declarations, certificates and instruments
C1C3C5C2C4C22C35C27C31C39C43C47C52C57C65C61C69C73C7767 Issue of false licences etc.
A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—
a
who grants or issues a licence, certificate or instrument made or issued, or purporting to be made or issued under or for any purpose of this Act, or of an order of the Minister, or of a regulation of a local authority, which is false in any date or other material particular, unless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that falsity, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it; or
b
who grants or issues such a licence, certificate or instrument not having, and knowing that he has not, lawful authority to grant or issue it.
C23C7C8C6C10C9C28C36C32C40C44C48C53C58C62C66C74C70C7868 Issue of licences etc. in blank.
A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—
a
who, with intent unlawfully to evade or defeat this Act, or an order of the Minister, or a regulation of a local authority, grants or issues an instrument being in form a licence, certificate or instrument made or issued under this Act, or such an order or regulation, for permitting or regulating the movement of a particular animal, or the doing of any other particular thing, but being issued in blank, that is to say, not being before its issue so filled up as to specify any particular animal or thing;
b
who uses or offers or attempts to use for any purpose of this Act, or such an order or regulation, an instrument so issued in blank, unless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of it having been so issued in blank, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.
C15C24C14C13C12C11C34C29C38C42C46C51C56C60C68C64C76C72C7969 Falsely obtaining licences etc.
A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—
a
who for the purpose of obtaining a licence, certificate or instrument makes a declaration or statement false in any material particular, or
b
who obtains or endeavours to obtain a licence, certificate or instrument by means of a false pretence,
unless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that falsity, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.
C25C16C49C54C80 70 F1 Alteration of licences etc.
A person is guilty of an offence against this Act, who, with intent unlawfully to evade this Act, or an order of the Minister, or a regulation of a local authority—
a
alters, or falsely makes, or ante-dates, or counterfeits a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument made or issued, or purporting to be made or issued, under or for any purpose of this Act or such an order or regulation; or
b
offers or utters such a licence, declaration, certificate or instrument knowing it to be altered, or falsely made, or ante-dated or counterfeited.
C21C17C18C20C26C19C37C33C30C41C45C50C55C59C63C67C71C75C8171 Other offences as to licences.
A person is guilty of an offence against this Act—
a
who, with intent unlawfully to evade this Act, or an order of the Minister, or a regulation of a local authority, does anything for which a licence is requisite under this Act, or such an order or regulation, without having obtained a licence; or
b
who, where a licence is so requisite, having obtained a licence, with the like intent does the thing licensed after the licence has expired; or
c
who uses or offers or attempts to use as such a licence—
i
an instrument not being a complete licence, or
ii
an instrument untruly purporting or appearing to be a licence,
unless he shows to the court’s satisfaction that he did not know of that incompleteness or untruth, and that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained knowledge of it.