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Amendment made: No. 38, in page 3, line 25, at end insert—
'( ) Nothing in this section applies to the removal of the whole or any part of a dog's tail.'.—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
Amendments made: No. 62, in page 4, line 3, leave out 'arranges' and insert 'causes'.
No. 63, in page 4, line 3, at end insert
'to take place, or attempts to do so'.
No. 64, in page 4, line 4, leave out paragraph (b).
No. 65, in page 4, line 5, at end insert—
'( ) knowingly receives money for admission to an animal fight;'.
No. 66, in page 4, line 5, at end insert—
'( ) knowingly publicises a proposed animal fight;'.
No. 67, in page 4, line 5, at end insert—
'( ) provides information about an animal fight to another with the intention of enabling or encouraging attendance at the fight;'.
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No. 68, in page 4, line 9, at end insert—
'( ) has in his possession anything designed or adapted for use in connection with an animal fight with the intention of its being so used;'.
No. 69, in page 4, line 9, at end insert—
'( ) keeps or trains an animal for use for in connection with an animal fight;'.
No. 70, in page 4, line 9, at end insert—
'( ) keeps any premises for use for an animal fight.'.
No. 82, in page 4, line 10, after 'or' insert 'reasonable'.
No. 83, in page 4, line 11, at end insert—
'(2A) A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, he—
(a) knowingly supplies a video recording of an animal fight,
(b) knowingly publishes a video recording of an animal fight,
(c) knowingly shows a video recording of an animal fight to another, or
(d) possesses a video recording of an animal fight, knowing it to be such a recording, with the intention of supplying it.
(2B) Subsection (2A) does not apply if the video recording is of an animal fight that took place—
(a) outside Great Britain, or
(b) before the commencement date.
(2C) Subsection (2A) does not apply—
(a) in the case of paragraph (a), to the supply of a video recording for inclusion in a programme service;
(b) in the case of paragraph (b) or (c), to the publication or showing of a video recording by means of its inclusion in a programme service;
(c) in the case of paragraph (d), by virtue of intention to supply for inclusion in a programme service.
(2D) Provision extending the application of an offence under subsection (2A), so far as relating to the provision of information society services, may be made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68) (powers to implement Community obligations by regulations) notwithstanding the limits imposed by paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to that Act on the penalties with which an offence may be punishable on summary conviction.'.
No. 84, in page 4, line 14, at end insert—
'"commencement date" means the date on which subsection (2A) comes into force; "information society services" has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce); "programme service" has the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21); "video recording" means a recording, in any form, from which a moving image may by any means be reproduced and includes data stored on a computer disc or by other electronic means which is capable of conversion into a moving image.
( ) In this section—
(a) references to supplying or publishing a video recording are to supplying or publishing a video recording in any manner, including, in relation to a video recording in the form of data stored electronically, by means of transmitting such data;
(b) references to showing a video recording are to showing a moving image reproduced from a video recording by any means.'—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
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Amendments made: No. 79, in page 8, line 9, leave out from 'force' to end of line 10 and insert
'in accordance with its provisions.'.
No. 80, in page 8, line 11, leave out
'An order under subsection (3)'
'A code (or revised code)'.—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
Amendment made: No. 78, in page 9, line 17, at end insert—
'( ) If a person exercises a power under this section otherwise than with the knowledge of a person who is responsible for the animal concerned, he must, as soon as reasonably practicable after exercising the power, take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to bring the exercise of the power to the notice of such a person.'—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
Amendments made: No. 71, in page 10, line 41, leave out from 'that' to 'an' in line 42 and insert
'it is one in relation to which'.
No. 85, in page 10, line 42, after '7' insert '(1) or (2)'.
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