ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 81

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 81

81 .         Partnerships

        (1)         Where a licence is issued for the purposes of a partnership each partner has the same rights and duties as a licensee, whether or not the partner is named on the licence.

        (2)         If a licence is issued in respect of a partnership and any of the partners commits an offence under this Act (other than an offence under Part 3 that is unrelated to the activity authorised by the licence) every person who was a partner at the time the offence was committed, commits an offence.

        (3)         It is a defence to a charge arising by operation of subsection (2) for a person to prove that —

            (a)         the offence was committed without the person’s consent or connivance; and

            (b)         the person exercised all such due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as the person ought to have exercised having regard to the person’s functions and to all the circumstances.