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, when the sentencing available for offences committed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 was last reviewed.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 7th December 2016

Sentencing of those found guilty of a criminal offence is a matter for the courts. Magistrates’ courts use sentencing guidelines published by the Sentencing Council to assist them when deciding the appropriate penalty for a particular offence. The Sentencing Council is currently undertaking a review of the guidelines.

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