WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 19 Docking and nicking of horses.

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 19

Docking and nicking of horses.

19.(1) Any person who

(a)causes unnecessary suffering to any animal by causing, procuring or
assisting at the fighting or baiting of that animal; or

(b)promotes, causes or permits any public performance which includes any
episode involving the causing of unnecessary suffering to any animal by

(i)throwing or casting any animal with ropes or other appliances; or

<(iii)wrestling, fighting or struggling with any animal; or


<(iii)riding or attempting to ride any horse or bull which that person knows, or may reasonably be expected to know, is being or has been stimulated for the purpose of making it buck during the performance; or


(d)keeps, uses, manages, permits or assists in the keeping, use or management
of any premises for the purpose or partly for the purpose of fighting or
baiting any animal in contravention of paragraph (a); or

(e)receives, or causes or procures any person to receive, money for the
admission of any person to any such premises; or

(f)is a spectator at the fighting or baiting of any animal caused or procured
in contravention of paragraph (a);

(2) Any person who

(a)has in his possession any instrument or appliance for the purpose of using
it or permitting it to be used in connection with the fighting of any animal;
or

(b)has in his possession any cock of the Old English or Pit Game breeds with
its natural spurs removed and its wings trimmed;

(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under subsection (2), the
court may order any instrument, appliance or animal in respect of which the
offence was committed to be disposed of in such manner as may be specified in
the order; but an order under this subsection shall not take effect until the
expiration of the period of 14 days within which notice of appeal may be given
by virtue of section 144(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland)
1964, and if notice of appeal is given within that period, the order shall not
take effect unless and until the appeal is dismissed or abandoned.

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 19