Clause 4 - Unnecessary suffering
Animal Welfare Bill
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 98, in clause 4, page 3, line 4, at end insert—
'(3A) For the purposes of this section, an act of abandonment shall be considered to be a form of unnecessary suffering.
(3B) In this section, ''abandonment'' is to mean when an animal protected under this Act is, without lawful reason or excuse, deliberately discharged from the control of man without any future provisions for care being established.'.—[Bill Wiggin.]
Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.