Introductory text
An Act to enact a Close Time for Hares during the Breeding Season.
[20th May 1892]
C1F1Whereas hares form an important article of food, and have of late years greatly decreased in numbers in England, Scotland, and Wales, by reason of their being inconsiderately slaughtered, and owing to their marketable value it is important to provide for their protection during the breeding season.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), s. 43(1), Sch. Pt. 2 (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(l)(ii) (as amended by S.S.I. 2011/287, art. 2)
Modifications
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Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3