Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 1: Prohibition of export of livestock for slaughter
Subsection (1) of this section prohibits the export of relevant livestock from Great Britain for slaughter and subsection (2) makes it an offence to contravene this prohibition.
	Subsection (3) describes "exports" for the purpose of determining whether a person has contravened the prohibition in subsection (1). Subsection (4) defines "relevant livestock" for the purpose of this section, and subsection (5) defines "for slaughter", which includes relevant animals being exported for the purpose of being slaughtered or fattened for slaughter.
	Subsection (6) provides that a person who commits an offence under this section in England and Wales is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum for summary offences, to a fine or both. In Scotland, a person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for up to 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level five on the standard scale or both. Subsection (7) explains that the maximum term for summary offences in England and Wales is 6 months until section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, from which point the maximum imprisonment term for England and Wales will be 51 weeks.