Section 43 Application of Act to farmed deer.

Scotland

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

s. 43(1) word substituted by Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 38(5)(a)
s. 43(2)(c) repealed by Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 39(8)
s. 43(3A) inserted by Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 38(5)(b)
s. 43(4) repealed by Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 s. 38(5)(c)

(1)

Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, this Act does not apply in respect of farmed deer.

(2)

The following provisions of this Act apply as respects farmed deer—

(a)

subsections (3) and (4) of section 17;

(b)

section 21;

(c)

sections 33 to 36;

(d)

section 45.

(3)

The provisions of sections 24 and 27 to 32 of this Act shall apply in respect of an offence committed by virtue of subsection (2) above.

(4)

In this section “farmed deer” means deer of any species which are on agricultural land enclosed by a deer-proof barrier and are kept on that land by any person as livestock.