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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 22

Traps and snares.

22.(1) A person shall not

(a)sell or offer or expose for sale or give; or

(b)cause or procure any person to sell or offer or expose for sale or give; or

(c)knowingly be a party to selling or offering or exposing for sale or giving;

(2) A person shall not lay, or cause, procure or permit to be laid any
poisonous substance (not being sown seed or grain) on any land in his
ownership or occupation unless

(a)notice thereof has been given in writing to a police officer at the nearest
police station and adequate warning notice has been posted in a conspicuous
place or conspicuous places on the land, or

(b)the poison is laid for the purpose of destroying insects or other
invertebrates or rats, mice or other small vermin and he has taken all
reasonable precautions to prevent the access thereto of dogs, cats, fowl or
other domestic animals.

(3) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #50.

© 1972 Crown Copyright

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