motion_title: New Clause 98: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
motion_text: New Clause 98 - Offence of pet theft
  ‘(1) The Animal Welfare Act 2006 is amended as follows.
  (2) After section 2 (“protected animal”) insert—
  “(2A) Definition of pet A protected animal is a “pet” for the purposes of this Act if it provides companionship or assistance to any human being.”
  (3) After section 8 (fighting etc.) insert—
  “8A Pet theft
  A person commits an offence if they dishonestly appropriate a pet belonging to another person with the intention of permanently depriving that other person of it.”
  (4) In section 32 (imprisonment or fine) before subsection (1) insert—
  “(A1) A person guilty of an offence under section 8A (pet theft) shall be
  liable—
  (a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or a fine, or to both;
  (b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, or to a fine, or to both.