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<p>The number of proceedings heard at magistrates’ courts, and those which were found
guilty, sentenced and had a fine imposed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in England
and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data
for 2016 are planned for publication in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded
against</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found Guilty</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of
which</em> Fine</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The table includes the following offences:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Animal Welfare
Act 2006 Section 4(1)(2), 5(a)(b)32(1)(2(40), 6(1)(a)(b)2,8,9,12, 7(a)(b)2, 8(1)(a
to i),(2), 9, 11(1)(3), 13(6), 18(12),34(9)</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The figures given
in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences
for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more
offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same
disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence
for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Every
effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However,
it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative
data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The numbers of
offenders sentenced and found guilty in the same year may differ due to some being
sentenced the following year.</p></li></ol>
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