§ Mr. Adleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the maximum penalty for breaking the current animal quarantine regulations.
§ Mr. StrangFor deliberate offences under the rabies legislation, the maximum penalty for conviction on indictment is an unlimited fine or one year's imprisonment, or both. The maximum penalty on summary conviction is a fine of £400.
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those countries other than Great Britain which have quarantine regulations applicable to animals for which regulations exist in Great Britain; what are the maximum penalties for contravening the regulations in these countries; and how many known offences were committed in each country for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. StrangThe other parts of the British Isles have quarantine regulations covering the species listed in Schedule 1 to the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and other Mammals) Order 1974, but the Isle of Man prohibits the landing of animals other than from within the British Isles. Maximum penalties are the same throughout the British Isles, except that the penalties in the Irish Republic are a fine of up to £100 for the first offence and up to one month's imprisonment for subsequent offences. Several other countries, mostly non-European, have rabies quarantine requirements for certain imported animals, but information is not available concerning penalties for contravention and offences.
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§ Mr. Adleyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the places where animal quarantine offences were committed in 1975, stating the total number of alleged offences for each area, and the number of convictions.
§ Mr. StrangContraventions of the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and other Mammals) Order 1974 occurred at the following places in Great Britain during 1975:
- Bembridge (IOW)
- Boston
- Dover
- Edinburgh
- Falmouth
- Felixstowe
- Folkestone
- Gatwick
- Glasgow
- Goole
- Harwich
- Heathrow
- Holyhead
- Hull
- Immingham
- Ipswich
Area Contraventions Convictions Bedfordshire … … … … … … 3 3 Cornwall … … … … … … 1 — Corporation of London … … … … … … 103* 2† Devon … … … … … … 3 2 Dorset … … … … … … 2 1 Durham … … … … … … 1 1 Dyfed … … … … … … 1 — Essex … … … … … … 7 1 East Sussex … … … … … … 9 2 Greater Manchester … … … … … … 2 — Gwynedd … … … … … … 1 — Hampshire … … … … … … 8 2 Humberside … … … … … … 11 9‡ Kent … … … … … … 36 13 Lincolnshire … … … … … … 2 1 Merseyside … … … … … … 1 — Scilly Isles … … … … … … 1 1 Suffolk … … … … … … 9 5§ Tyneside … … … … … … 2 — West Midlands … … … … … … — 1¶ West Sussex … … … … … … 11 2 Wiltshire … … … … … … 1 — Yorkshire … … … … … … 1 — Total England and Wales Scotland … … … … … … 216 46 Scotland … … … … … … 6 1 Total … … … … … … 222 47 * All at Heathrow. † For offences in Kent. ‡ 3 for one case. § One for an offence in Gwynedd. ¶ For an offence in Kent. Most offences were of a technical nature, which the enforcing authorities considered unsuitable for prosecution. So far as I am aware, all prosecutions taken led to convictions.
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- Kirkcaldy
- Liverpool
- Lowestoft
- Luton
- Lyneham
- Manchester
- Milford Haven
- Newcastle
- Newhaven
- Parkeston
- Penryn
- Poole
- Plymouth
- Pegwell Bay
- Portsmouth
- Prestwick
- Ramsgate
- Rye
- Scarborough
- Seaham
- Shoreham
- St. Mary's,
- Scilly Isles.
- Southampton
- Tilbury
- West Mersea
- Whitstable
The numbers of contraventions—i.e., illegal landings and failures to confine animals on board ship—and convictions, by areas, are as follows: