Section 2 Protection of game and rabbits

Northern Ireland

(1)

For section 7A of the 1928 Act there shall be substituted—

“Protection of game and rabbits
7A
(1)
Any person who kills, takes or destroys any game—
(a)
on a Sunday; or
(b)
during the period commencing one hour after sunset on any day and ending one hour before sunrise on the next day,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2)
Any person who—
(a)
at any time kills, takes or destroys any rabbit by means of a firearm on any land; and
(b)
is not an authorised person in relation to that land,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the killing, taking or destroying of any rabbit in pursuance of any power conferred by or under—
(a)
the Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 2); or
(b)
the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 22).
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (2) a person is an authorised person in relation to any land if he is, or is authorised by—
(a)
the owner or occupier of the land; or
(b)
a person who has a right of shooting on the land.”.

(2)

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(3)

F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

In the Ground Game Act 1880 (c. 47) (right of occupier to kill and take hares and rabbits)—

(a)

in section 1, in subsection (1)—

(i)

for the words “duly authorised by him in writing” there shall be substituted “ authorised by him ”; and

(ii)

paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall be omitted;

(b)

in section 1, subsection (3) shall be omitted; and

(c)

section 10 shall be omitted.

(5)

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Subs. (6)—Repeals

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 2(2) repealed (13.9.2010) by Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 10), ss. 38(3), 39(1), Sch. 2 (with s. 37); S.R. 2010/309, art. 2, Sch.
F2: S. 2(3) repealed (13.9.2010) by Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 10), ss. 38(3), 39(1), Sch. 2 (with s. 37); S.R. 2010/309, art. 2, Sch.
F3: S. 2(5) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2