Clause 3 - Responsibility for animals
Animal Welfare Bill
11:30 am
Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 109, in clause 3, page 2, line 9, after 'animal', insert
'(and any offspring that animal may subsequently have)'.
No. 110, in clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert
'and any offspring that that animal may produce'.
No. 111, in clause 3, page 2, line 13, at end insert
', except when responsibility for an animal has been passed onto another person on a temporary basis.'.
No. 92, in clause 3, page 2, line 16, at end add—
'(5) For the purposes of this Act, in the event of a person unlawfully taking possession of an animal, he will be treated as being responsible for that animal on a temporary basis, until such time as that the animal is recovered by its lawful owner.'.
No. 96, in clause 4, page 2, line 26, at end insert
'as the owner or on a temporary basis,'.