ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 69

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 69

69 .         Benefit of paying modified penalty

        (1)         If —

            (a)         a modified penalty is paid within 28 days of the notice being given (or any further time allowed under section 67); and

            (b)         the infringement notice has not been withdrawn,

                the bringing of proceedings, and the imposition of other penalties, in relation to the alleged offence are prevented to the same extent as if the alleged offender had been convicted by a court of, and punished for, the alleged offence.

        (2)         Payment of a modified penalty is not an admission for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings.