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Bill
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To
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ban
the manufacture, sale or use of collars which administer electric shocks
to
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animals.
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:—
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1 Prohibition
on use, etc. of electric animal collars etc.
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(1) It
shall be an offence for any person to use, procure or permit the use of
any
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electric collar or similar device on
any animal.
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(2) It
shall be an offence for any person to have in his possession or under
his
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control, or to offer, expose or advertise
for sale, any electric collar or similar
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device designed or intended for use
on any animal.
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(3) A
person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary
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conviction, to a fine not exceeding
level 5 on the the standard scale.
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2 Forfeiture
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Where a person is convicted under section
1 of this Act, the court may, in
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addition to any other penalties imposed,
order the confiscation of any electric
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collar or similar device with which, or in
respect of which, the offence was
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committed.
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3 Definitions
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In this Act—
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“animal”
has the same meaning as in section 15 of the Protection of
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Animals Act
1911 (c. 27) (definitions);
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“electric
collar or similar device” means any collar or device which is
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made, designed
or adapted to transmit electric current or other electric
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impulse to
cause shock, pain or other stimulus to an animal wearing, or
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otherwise
in contact with, the collar or device;
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