Scottish Government Consultation
Scottish Government Consultation
Dear Stakeholder
Consultation on the introduction of a Scottish Fixed Penalty Notice scheme for Animal Health under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1981
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on the introduction of a Fixed Penalty Notice scheme for animal health offences. We are seeking your views on specific proposals including:
- General characteristics of the scheme which including who should be empowered to issue FPNs and how they will be issued, how FPNs will be paid and the effect of doing so, and how FPNs can be appealed or withdrawn;
- Penalty levels and amounts that should be applicable for the animal health FPN scheme, and the circumstances where the penalty amount could be increased or decreased;
- A scale of harm which would introduce three additional scales of low, medium and high risk which would see their penalty reduced by 50% (low), or 25% (medium). The full penalty would be payable if considered high risk; and
- The offences that meet the FPN criteria and proposals for the offences that should be included in the scheme when it launches
A link to the consultation on Citizen Space can be found at:
https://consult.gov.scot/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health-fixed-penalty-notice-scheme
You are invited to respond to the enclosed consultation document, and your response is important to us, so please note that the consultation will close on 29th of May 2025. Any response received after this date will not be included in the consultation analysis.
Please forward this link to anyone else that you think might have an interest.
Allison Leach
Disease Control Branch | Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate | Scottish Government
