Clause 18 - Orders in relation to animals taken under section 16(5)
Animal Welfare Bill
12:00 pm
Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 175, in clause 18, page 10, line 27, leave out subsection (5) and insert—
‘(5)The appropriate national authority shall issue guidance about the exercise by a court of powers under subsection (1).
(6)In determining how to exercise its powers under this section, the court shall have primary regard to the welfare of the animal.’.
No. 130, in clause 18, page 10, line 28, after ‘regard’, insert
‘to the interests of the animal and’.