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Animal Welfare Bill

moved Amendment No. 53: Page 35, line 4, at end insert- ““(3) Section 33(9) shall apply in relation to a disqualification imposed by an order under section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 40) (power to disqualify persons convicted of cruelty to animals) as it applies in relation to a disqualification imposed by an order under section 33(1). (4) In relation to a person convicted of an offence under section 33(9) by virtue of breaching a disqualification imposed by an order under section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 40), section 34(2) shall have effect with the substitution for the words from ““owning”” to ““keeps”” of ““having custody of an animal in breach of disqualification under section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954, the court by or before which he is convicted may order that all animals of which he has custody””. (5) Section 42 shall apply in relation to a person who is disqualified by virtue of an order under section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 40) as it applies in relation to a person who is disqualified by virtue of an order under section 33 or 41. (6) In its application by virtue of subsection (5), section 42(2)(c) shall have effect with the omission of the words ““section 33(6), 41(3) or””.”” On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 65 [Extent]: