Section 1 Interpretation of terms.
United Kingdom
The word “game” in this Act shall for all the purposes of this Act be deemed to include any one or more hares, pheasants, partridges, eggs of pheasants and partridges, woodcocks, snipes, rabbits, grouse, black or moor game, and eggs of grouse, black or moor gameF1; and the words “justice” and “justices” in this Act shall, unless otherwise provided for, mean respectively a justice and justices of the peace, respectively F2of or for the county, riding, division, liberty, city, borough, or place in which any game, gun, part of gun, F3net, snare, or engine after mentionedor other article to which section two of this Act applies shall be found.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 1 repealed (E.W.S.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 44, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
- F2
Words repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59), Sch. Pt. I
- F3
Words from “or other” to “applies” substituted for words “net, snare” to “mentioned” (E.W.) by Game Laws (Amendment) Act 1960 (c. 36), s. 3(2)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), s. 43(1), Sch.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)