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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-amendment-scotland-act-1982-repealed-18111996/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/19",
  "legislation_title": "Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (repealed 18.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-amendment-scotland-act-1982-repealed-18111996",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "Enactment\nAmendment\nPresent penalty\nNew penalty\n1\n2\n3\n4\nSection 5(2) (offences relating to returns of deer killed).\nFor the words from “twenty pounds\" to “fifty pounds\" substitute the words “ £200\" ”.\n(a) for a first offence, £20;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £50 or 3 months or both.\n£200 or 3 months or both.\nSection 9(2) (failure to comply with requirements of control scheme).\nFor the words from “fifty pounds\" to “one hundred pounds\" substitute the words “ £500\" ”.\n(a) for a first offence, £50;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £100 or 3 months or both.\n£500 or 3 months or both.\nSection 17 (obstructing an authorised person).\nFor the words from “fifty pounds\" to “one hundred pounds\" substitute the words “ £200\" ”.\n(a) for a first offence, £50;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £100 or 3 months or both.\n£200 or 3 months or both.\nSection 21(5) (killing or injuring deer in close season).\nFor the words from “twenty pounds\" to “fifty pounds\" substitute the words “ £500 for each deer in respect of which the offence was committed\" ”, and at the end add the words “ and to the forfeiture of any deer in respect of which the offence was committed\" ”.\n(a) for a first offence, £20;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £50 or 3 months or both.\n£500 per deer or 3 months or both, and forfeiture of deer.\nSection 22 (poaching).\nFor the words “twenty pounds\" substitute the words “ £500 for each deer in respect of which the offence was committed or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both\" ”, and after the word “illegally\" insert the words “ taken or\" ”.\n£20 and forfeiture of deer.\n£500 per deer or 3 months or both, and forfeiture of deer.\nSection 23(3) (unlawful taking, killing or injuring of deer).\nFor the words from “twenty pounds\" to “fifty pounds\" substitute the words “ £500 for each deer in respect of which the offence was committed\" ”, and at the end add “ and to the forfeiture of any deer illegally taken or killed by him or in his possession at the time of the offence\" ”.\n(a) for a first offence, £20;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £50 or 3 months or both.\n£500 per deer or 3 months or both, and forfeiture of deer.\nSection 24 (unlawful taking, killing or injuring of deer, or breach of firearms order, by 2 or more persons).\nIn paragraph (a), for the words from “fifty pounds\" to “one hundred pounds\" substiute the words “ in respect of each deer taken or killed the statutory maximum, which in this section means the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 289B(6) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975\" ”.\nOn summary conviction—\nOn summary conviction in respect of each deer taken or killed “the statutory maximum\" (presently £1,000) or 6 months or both, and forfeiture of deer.\n(a) for a first offence, £50 or 3 months;\n(b) for a second or subsequent offence, £100 or 6 months or both.\nIn paragraph (b), delete the words “not exceeding five hundred pounds\".\nOn conviction on indictment, £500 or 2 years or both.\nOn conviction on indictment, an unlimited fine or 2 years or both, and forfeiture of deer.\nAt the end of the section, add the words “ and on any conviction to the of any deer illegally taken or killed by him or in his possession at the time of the offence\" ”.\nSection 26 (attempts to commit offences).\nAt the end of the section, add the words “ ; except that in the case of preparatory acts, the penalty shall be a fine not exceeding £500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both.\" ”.\nAs for offence.\nAs for offence, except for preparatory acts, where it is £500 or 3 months or both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The amendments of the amounts of the fines referred to in column 2 relating to the enactments in the 1959 Act referred to in column 1 of the Schedule have themselves been amended by virtue of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G and for those amendments reference should be made to the Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 40, SIF 4:3)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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