Section 25D Offences.

It shall be an offence for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale or have in his possession, transport or cause to be transported for the purpose of sale at any premises any venison unless he is a licensed venison dealer or he does so for the purpose of selling to a licensed venison dealer, or he has purchased the venison from a licensed venison dealer.

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale.

If any person sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession for the purpose of sale at any premises, or transports for the purpose of sale, or purchases or offers to purchase or receives, the carcase or any part of the carcase of a deer which he knows or has reason to believe has been killed unlawfully, he shall be guilty of an offence.

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

Any licensed venison dealer who fails to comply with any provision of section 25B of this Act, or who knowingly or recklessly makes in any book or document which he is required to keep under that section an entry which is false or misleading in any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

Any person who obstructs a person entitled under section 25B(2) of this Act to inspect any book or document or other thing in the making of such inspection shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

The court by which any person is convicted of an offence under Part III or IIIA of this Act may disqualify him from holding or obtaining a venison dealer’s licence for such period as the court thinks fit.

In subsection (1) above “licensed venison dealer” means the holder of a venison dealer’s licence granted by the F2. . . council within whose area the sale, offer or exposure for sale takes place, or where the premises concerned are situated.