Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988

In section 1(1) of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (power of court to disqualify a person for having custody of an animal on a subsequent conviction for an offence of cruelty under the Acts for the protection of animals) for the words from the beginning to “the court by whom he is convicted on the subsequent occasion may” there shall be substituted the words “Where a person has been convicted under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 or the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 of an offence of cruelty to any animal the court by which he is convicted may”.

This section does not affect the powers of a court on a conviction for an offence committed before the coming into force of this Act.

In ... section 31 of the City of London Police Act 1839 ... (penalties for offences relating to animal fights) for the references to level 1 on the standard scale there shall be substituted references to level 4 on that scale.

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After section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 there shall be inserted—

Subsection (1) above does not affect the punishment for an offence committed before the coming into force of this Act.Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988.

The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

Those repeals do not affect the operation of the enactments mentioned in that Schedule in relation to any disqualification order made before the coming into force of this Act under either of the first two Acts there mentioned.

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.