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Section 20 Other offences connected with moving vehicles.

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to sections 25 and 41(2) of this Act and to subsection (2) below, any person who—

(a)

discharges any firearm, or discharges or projects any missile, from any moving vehicle at any deer; or

(b)

uses any aircraft for the purposes of transporting any live deer other than in the interior of the aircraft,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Nothing in subsection (1)(b) above shall make unlawful anything done by, or under the supervision of, a veterinary surgeon or practitioner.

(3)

In subsection (2) above—

  • “veterinary practitioner” means a person who is for the time being registered in the supplementary register; and

  • “veterinary surgeon” means a person who is for the time being registered in the register of veterinary surgeons.

Notes on Other offences and attempts to commit offences

Textual amendments

F1

S. 18 cross-heading inserted (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 30(5), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(f)