The Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2002 No. 3151 — creates 3 criminal offences.

Made

17 December 2002

In force from

1 January 2003

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order prohibits the keeping of animals solely or primarily for slaughter for the value of their fur and provides for the making of payments in respect of the related closure of certain businesses

Offences created by this instrument

• A person shall be guilty of an offence if he keeps animals solely or primarily— a for slaughter (whether by himself or… article 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person shall be guilty of an offence if he knowingly causes or permits another person to keep animals as mentioned… article 3(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Powers of entry and enforcement article 6(5) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 2002