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This is unbelievable,
But true!!!!!
It says it all about the justice system in this Country.
http://www.dailymail....r-electronic-tag.html
It says it all about the justice system in this Country.
http://www.dailymail....r-electronic-tag.html
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Ask your local authority to confirm how many "compliance" officers they employ and to detail the range of activities they monitor. You will be staggered by the huge bureaucracy that has been spawned by UK slavish compliance with EU directives. Every time EU introduces a new regulation the relevant Whitehall department advises townhalls across the country. Local authority then advertises for a compliance officer who then gets an office, car and staff. Incentive bonuses then paid for collaring unwitting public.
For many years I managed office facilities across Europe and it was laughable the way EU directives and 'Elf & Safety were completely ignored, particularly in southern Europe where inspection and compliance with building regulations etc did not happen, though certificates were issued.
For many years I managed office facilities across Europe and it was laughable the way EU directives and 'Elf & Safety were completely ignored, particularly in southern Europe where inspection and compliance with building regulations etc did not happen, though certificates were issued.
Mcmouse - working in the construction industry with the endless alterations to the Building Regulations, with new directives/regulations on all manner of things 'to bring us into line with Europe', I have always wondered how rigorously these regs. are followed in rural areas of the Mediterranean countries...............I think you've just confirmed what I've thought. :o)
Jack.........I kid you not, I went to Lisbon to sign off the fit-out of offices in the city centre and was suspicious of the glass panels in doors and partition walls. It turned out the contractor had used agricultural glazing, yet had received relevant certificates. We then had a detailed look at the wiring........nuff said.
As usual with anything unbelievable in the Daily Mail, it is interesting what they have left out of the story to make it worse than it is. Viewed from another source and we learn...
// While in the shop, the council officer who was with the boy noticed a cockatiel in a poor state of health with a sign on the cage that said ‘cockatiels £30’.
The officer, along with a vet, returned to the Ashfield Road shop last July and the vet diagnosed the bird had a broken leg, eye problems and laboured breathing. It was so unwell it had to be put down. //
The goldfish was a test purchase. The shop had not been randomly chosen, it had been reported to the council
// Council officials began an investigation after being told they were selling animals to children. //
The charge wan't just selling animals to the under aged it was for...
// selling the fish to a person aged under 16 and for causing unnecessary suffering to a cockatiel by failing to provide appropriate care and treatment. //
They both pleaded guilty
http://www.manchester...g_goldfish_to_a_child
// While in the shop, the council officer who was with the boy noticed a cockatiel in a poor state of health with a sign on the cage that said ‘cockatiels £30’.
The officer, along with a vet, returned to the Ashfield Road shop last July and the vet diagnosed the bird had a broken leg, eye problems and laboured breathing. It was so unwell it had to be put down. //
The goldfish was a test purchase. The shop had not been randomly chosen, it had been reported to the council
// Council officials began an investigation after being told they were selling animals to children. //
The charge wan't just selling animals to the under aged it was for...
// selling the fish to a person aged under 16 and for causing unnecessary suffering to a cockatiel by failing to provide appropriate care and treatment. //
They both pleaded guilty
http://www.manchester...g_goldfish_to_a_child
yes but you are forgetting some very important points aimed at tugging your heart strings, and presumably producing (in normal people anyhow) a discordant chord of of trollop:
a) she cannot baby sit her newborn great grandson for 7 weeks (but only between 6pm - 7am, which i would guess at 70 she wouldn't do anyway ??) and if not, why can't he travel there ?
b) she neglected the care and injury of the animals in her care (for several weeks) and her business, but this is ok and acceptable as she was distracted by her son being in hospital, apparently. one wonders why she couldn;t have phoned a vet to come in, or got someone else to take the bird,
but hey ho, it all just adds to the "heart wrenching" (and sickening) reporting methods emplyed by the mail.
a) she cannot baby sit her newborn great grandson for 7 weeks (but only between 6pm - 7am, which i would guess at 70 she wouldn't do anyway ??) and if not, why can't he travel there ?
b) she neglected the care and injury of the animals in her care (for several weeks) and her business, but this is ok and acceptable as she was distracted by her son being in hospital, apparently. one wonders why she couldn;t have phoned a vet to come in, or got someone else to take the bird,
but hey ho, it all just adds to the "heart wrenching" (and sickening) reporting methods emplyed by the mail.
Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, you face prosecution for
- Causing an animal to suffer unnecessarily.
- Selling an animal to a person under 16 years old who is not accompanied by
If you are found guilty of an offence under the Act, you can be fined, sent to prison, have your animals taken away from you, and/or disqualified from keeping animals in the future.
The Act increases the penalties available for the most serious offences. The maximum penalty is imprisonment for up to 51 weeks, or a fine of up to £20,000, or both.
So a fine of £1000 could be seen as lenient.
- Causing an animal to suffer unnecessarily.
- Selling an animal to a person under 16 years old who is not accompanied by
If you are found guilty of an offence under the Act, you can be fined, sent to prison, have your animals taken away from you, and/or disqualified from keeping animals in the future.
The Act increases the penalties available for the most serious offences. The maximum penalty is imprisonment for up to 51 weeks, or a fine of up to £20,000, or both.
So a fine of £1000 could be seen as lenient.
