{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/40",
  "legislation_title": "Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (repealed 18.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1959-repealed-18111996",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Entry on land.",
  "text": "(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Commission shall have power at all reasonable times to enter upon any land—\n(a) in pursuance of any of the functions of the Commission under sections six, seven or ten of this Act;\n(b) for the purpose of determining whether any of their functions under the said sections should be exercised;\n(c) for the purpose of determining how far and in what manner any requirement placed on any person by virtue of this Part of this Act has been complied with.\n(d) for the purpose of taking a census of . . . deer in any area in pursuance of the . . . functions of the Commission under section 1(1) of this Act.\n(2) Any person authorised as aforesaid by the Commission who proposes to exercise any power of entry conferred by this section shall, if so required, produce the written document authorising him so to do.\n(3) Admission to any land under this section shall not be demanded as of right, unless notice has been given to the owner and the occupier of the land that it is proposed to enter during a period, specified in the notice, not exceeding one month and beginning at least fourteen days after the giving of the notice, and entry is made on the land during the period specified in the notice:\nProvided that this subsection shall not apply to any person acting in pursuance of any of the functions of the Commission under section six of this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 15(1)(d) added by Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 37), s. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 15(1)(d) repealed (18.10.1996) by 1996 c. 44, ss. 13(1)(2), 14(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(13), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/40/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:00.741447+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}