Animal Welfare: Sentencing
(asked on 29th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the maximum prison sentence available for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
This question was answered on 7th December 2016
The Sentencing Council provide courts with guidelines for imposing appropriate sentences on offenders. It is currently reviewing the existing guidelines, including in relation to animal cruelty cases. The Sentencing Council is working on new guidelines which will be implemented in May 2017.