The Animal Health (Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2026: Data Protection Impact Assessment

Data Protection Impact Assessment

The Animal Health (Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2026

Version date: 8 December 2025

Review date: July 2026

The Animal Health (Fixed Penalty Notices) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (the Regulations) will introduce a FPN scheme for certain offences under animal health and bee legislation. The scheme aims to provide enforcement agencies with a proportionate and efficient enforcement method that that does not require referral to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) but still provides a meaningful and dissuasive penalty for those who are considered to have committed an offence. FPNs are intended to support early redirection through behaviour change to promote compliance with animal health rules.

The proposed legislation is available on legislation.gov.uk

This Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) works in conjunction with the Article 36(4) ICO consultation form submitted in advance of this, as the proposal requires consultation with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).