{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1996/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1996/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/58",
  "legislation_title": "Deer (Scotland) Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-scotland-act-1996",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Limitation of criminal liability.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, where a person performs an act at the request of or under the authority of SNH in pursuance of—\n(a) a control agreement;\n(b) a control scheme; or\n(c) section 10 of this Act,\nhe shall not by reason of that act be liable to be proceeded against under this Act.\n(2) Where the act is performed by a member of the staff of SNH in pursuance of section 10 of this Act, he shall be liable to be proceeded against if the act constitutes an offence under section 17(3) of this Act.\n(3) Where the act is performed by—\n(a) a member of the staff of SNH in pursuance of a control agreement or control scheme; or\n(b) any other person in pursuance of a control agreement, a control scheme or section 10 of this Act,\nhe shall be liable to be proceeded against if the act constitutes an offence under either section 17(3) or section 18(1) of this Act.\n(4) In subsections (2) and (3)(a) above, “member of the staff of SNH” includes any person engaged by SNH under a contract for services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Act substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for s. 14(3)",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/6",
      "affecting_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/58/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:29.246415+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."
}