ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 40

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 40

40—Vicarious liability of employers in certain circumstances

If a person commits an offence against this Act in the course of employment by another, the employer is guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence unless it is proved that the employer could not by the exercise of reasonable diligence have prevented the commission of that offence.