Legislation

Question 1

What is The Highway Code 1931?

Answer 1

Safety guidelines for travelling on roads with animals/ mainly horse, dogs.
!4 yrs need helmet, high visibility wear.

Question 2

What is the Pet animals act 1951?

Answer 2

Regulate sale of pets, pet store owners require licence from council

Question 3

What is The abandonment of animal act 1960?

Answer 3

prohibit the abandonment of animals if it causes suffering likely

Question 4

Protection of animals act 11?

Answer 4

Protects any animals from harm/suffering
Level 5 fine / 6 months time

Question 5

What is the Animal act 1971?

Answer 5

Rules for what should be charged over liable damages done by animals domestic + livestock.

Question 6

Health and safety at work act 74?

Answer 6

Adequate training of staff to ensure health and safety procedures are understood and adhered to. Adequate welfare provisions for staff at work. A safe working environment that is properly maintained and where operations within it are conducted

Question 7

What is Criminal damage act 1971?

Answer 7

A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another, intending to destroy or damage any such property, or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged, shall be guilty of an offence.

Question 8

Farriers regulations act 75?

Answer 8

An Act to prevent and avoid suffering by and cruelty to horses arising from the shoeing of horses by unskilled persons

Question 9

Convention on international trade in endangered species (cites) 75?

Answer 9

international trade of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.

Question 10

Dangerous wild animal act 76

Answer 10

Dangerous wild animals are not a risk threat to public or can be put down/fined.

Question 11

Wildlife and countryside act 1981

Answer 11

European protected species animals’ environments can’t be damaged.

Question 12

Zoo licensing act 1981?

Answer 12

requires the inspection and licensing of all zoos in Great Britain. The Act aims to ensure that, where animals are kept in enclosures, they are provided with a suitable environment to provide an opportunity to express most normal behaviour.

Question 13

RIDDOR 2013 ?

Answer 13

requires employers, and other people in charge of work premises, to report and keep records of: work-related accidents which cause deaths or serious injury to anybody nearby premises.

Question 14

COSHH 2015 ?

Answer 14

requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health using risk assessment and keeping the measures in place.

Question 15

CONTROL OF DOGS ACT 92?

Answer 15

Must have a collar in public with name and address for public safety and dog owner responsibility. Not off lead near roads.(under control)

Question 16

DANGEROUS DOGS ACT 1991?

Answer 16

All fighting breeds (fila braseiro, American pitbull terrier, Japanese tosa, Dogo Argentino.) not allowed breeding, sale or exchange, advertising, abandonment of these dogs.

Question 17

Clean neighbourhood and environment act 2005?

Answer 17

local authorities to tackle poor environmental quality and anti-social behaviour. Nuisance and abandoned vehicles, litter, graffiti, waste, noise and dogs. [ seize strays ,public offences allows councils to make civil orders to the person responsible for the dog to stop or control its behaviour for dog fouling. ]

Question 18

Road traffic act 1988?

Answer 18

licensing of vehicles, insurance and road regulation. Offence for dogs to be on a designated without it being on a lead.

Question 19

Data protection act 2018?

Answer 19

Have control of their own data by setting procedures to follow for workers.

Question 20

The animal welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving animals)(England) Regulations 2018

Answer 20

Require licenses for persons. For duties like selling animals, arranging or boarding cats/dogs. Breeding dogs, exhibition training of animals, hiring out horses.

Question 21

Is microchipping required?

Answer 21

Yes, by 8 weeks or fine up to £500. When changing address/details owner must update.

Question 22

Dog (Protection of livestock) 1953?

Answer 22

ban a convicted person from owning a dog or allowing their dog to go on agricultural land.