Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988
1988 CHAPTER 29
An Act to enable a court to disqualify a person for having custody of an animal on a first conviction of cruelty; and to increase the penalties for offences relating to animal fights, and to make further provision with respect to attendance at such fights, in England and Wales and to penalise attendance at such fights in Scotland
[29th July 1988]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows
1 Disqualification orders on first conviction of cruelty
(1)    . . .
(2)   This section does not affect the powers of a court on a conviction for an offence committed before the coming into force of this Act.
NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date
Specified date: 29 September 1988: see s 3(4).
Amendment
Sub-s (1): amends the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954, s 1.
2 Offences relating to animal fights
(1)–(3)    . . .
(4)   Subsection (1) above does not affect the punishment for an offence committed before the coming into force of this Act.
NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date
Specified date: 29 September 1988: see s 3(4).
Amendment
Sub-s (1): amends the Metropolitan Police Act 1839, s 47, the City of London Police Act 1839, s 31, and the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, s 36.
Sub-s (2): inserts the Protection of Animals Act 1911, ss 5A, 5B.
Sub-s (3): inserts the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912, ss 1A, 1B.
3 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent
(1)   This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988.
(2)   The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3)   Those repeals do not affect the operation of the enactments mentioned in that Schedule in relation to any disqualification order made before the coming into force of this Act under either of the first two Acts there mentioned.
(4)   This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(5)   This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date
Specified date: 29 September 1988: see sub-s (4) above.
SCHEDULE
REPEALS
Section 3(2), (3)
Chapter   Short title   Extent of repeal  
23 & 24 Geo 5 c 17.   The Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act 1933.   The whole Act.  
24 & 25 Geo 5 c 25.   The Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) (Scotland) Act 1934.   The whole Act.  
2 & 3 Eliz 2 c 40.   The Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954.   Section 3, so far as unrepealed.  
1964 c 43.   The Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963.   Section 1(2)(c) and (d).  
1964 c 70.   The Riding Establishments Act 1964.   Section 1(2)(b) and (c).  
1973 c 60.   The Breeding of Dogs Act 1973.   Section 1(2)(c) and (d).  

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date
Specified date: 29 September 1988: see s 3(4).