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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
13Certain animals not to be ridden etc
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#### 13 Certain animals not to be ridden etc
13 Certain animals not to be ridden etc
> A person shall not—
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> > (a) ride, drive, use, carry or convey an animal, or
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> > (b) where the person is a person in charge of an animal—authorise the riding, driving, using, carrying or conveying of the animal,
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> if the animal is unfit for the purpose of its being so ridden, driven, used, carried or conveyed.
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> Maximum penalty—250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.
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> **s 13:** Am 1987 No 160, Sch 2 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[6\].