# Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020, Section 18: Protection of certain wild animals


(1) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 10A (protection of wild hares etc.), in subsection (2), paragraph (a) is repealed.
(3) In schedule 5—
(a) after the entry in the first column for “Grasshopper, Wart-biter” insert—
“
Hare, mountain
”,
(b) at the corresponding place in the second column insert—
“
Lepus timidus
”.
(4) In schedule 5A—
(a) in the first column, the entry for “Hare, mountain” is repealed,
(b) in the second column, the entry for “Lepus timidus” is repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/14/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-wildlife-penalties-protections-and-powers-scotland-act-2020/section-18
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