WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 21 Owner of animal failing to exercise reasonable care and supervision.

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 21

Owner of animal failing to exercise reasonable care and supervision.

21.(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any person who

(a)for the purpose of killing or taking animals, uses or permits the use of
any spring trap other than an approved trap or uses or permits the use of an
approved trap in circumstances or for animals for which it is not approved; or

(b)sells, or exposes or offers for sale, any spring trap other than an
approved trap with a view to its being used for a purpose which is unlawful
under paragraph (a); or

(c)has in his possession any spring trap for a purpose which is unlawful under
this subsection; or

(d)fails to inspect or cause some competent person to inspect at reasonable
intervals of time, and at least once every day between sunrise and sunset, any
trap or snare which he has set or caused or procured to be set for the purpose
of killing or taking animals;

(2) In subsection (1) any reference to an approved trap means a trap of a type
and make for the time being specified by an order of the Ministry, either
generally or subject to conditions as to the circumstances in which or the
animals for which it may be used, and any reference to the circumstances or
animals for which a trap is approved shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Subsection (1)(a) shall not render unlawful the experimental use of a
spring trap under and in accordance with a licence or authority granted by
the Ministry to enable a trap to be developed or tested with a view to its
being approved under subsection (2).

(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to traps of any description specified by
order of the Ministry as being adapted solely for the destruction of rats,
mice or other small ground vermin.

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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 21