Animal Health & Welfare Act 2006 proceedings and convictions: FOI release
- Published
- 7 August 2019
- Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Topic
- Law and order, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/201900002913
- Date received
- 30 July 2019
- Date responded
- 7 August 2019
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
1 - convictions in Scotland in 2016-17 under s19, s20, s21, s22, s23, s24, and s29 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006
2 - number of proceedings and the number of convictions under s23 in 2016-17, broken down by local authority of the court
Response
People convicted under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006 S19-29¹, 2015-16 to 2017-18.
|
|
|
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
| Animals, offences involving (ex dogs, birds elsewhere classified) |
ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 24 |
8 |
14 |
5 |
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 29(1) (A) & (B) |
2 |
- |
- |
|
| Cruelty to animals (ex dogs) inc killing and maiming cattle |
ANIMAL HEALTH & WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 19(1) |
- |
- |
1 |
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 19(1) |
14 |
12 |
13 |
|
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 19(2) |
53 |
36 |
44 |
|
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 19(3) |
2 |
- |
- |
|
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 29(1)(A) & (B) |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
| ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 29(2) (A) &(B) |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
| Pet and kept animals |
ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006 SECTION 20(1) (A) |
- |
1 |
- |
| Total convicted |
81 |
64 |
70 |
|
¹ - where main crime
Source: Criminal Proceedings database
There were no prosecutions under the s23 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006 in 2016-17.
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