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 * subsection (4) (offences under that section to be deemed offences against the person for the purpose of section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952),

shall apply in relation to offences under this section.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
 * (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or both;
 * (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

55.—(1) The Rabies Act 1974 shall be amended as provided in subsections (2) and (3) below.

(2) After section 5 there shall be inserted the following sections:—
 * 5A.—(1) Without prejudice to the powers of arrest conferred by section 71 of the principal Act or otherwise, a constable may arrest without warrant any person whom he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be in the act of committing or to have committed an offence to which this section applies.
 * (2) The offences to which this section applies are offences against the principal Act consisting of—
 * (a) the landing or attempted landing of any animal in contravention of an order made under that Act and expressed to be made for the purpose of preventing the introduction of rabies into Great Britain; or
 * (b) the failure by the person having the charge or control of any vessel, boat or hovercraft to discharge any obligation imposed on him in that capacity by such an order; or
 * (c) the movement, in contravention of an order under section 10 or 11 of that Act, of any animal into, within or out of a place or area declared to be infected with rabies.
 * (3) Section 73(1) of the principal Act (inspectors to have powers of constables) shall not have effect in relation to the powers conferred by this or the following section.
 * (3) Section 73(1) of the principal Act (inspectors to have powers of constables) shall not have effect in relation to the powers conferred by this or the following section.