Section 3 Parties lodging in premises or encamping on land, without permission, guilty of an offence.
United Kingdom
Every person who lodges in any premises, or occupies or encamps on any land, being private property, without the consent and permission of the owner or legal occupier of such premises or land, and every person who encamps or lights a fire on or near any . . . F2 road or enclosed or cultivated land, or in or near any plantation, without the consent and permission of the owner or legal occupier of such road, land, or plantation . . . shall be guilty of an offence punishable as herein-after provided.
Subsection (1) above does not extend to anything done by a person in the exercise of the access rights created by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 3 renumbered as s. 3(1) (S.) (9.2.2005) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with s. 100(2)); S.S.I. 2005/17, art. 2(b)
- F2
Words repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 128(1), 156(1)(3), Sch. 9 para. 5(3), Sch. 10 para. 4(1), Sch. 11
- F3
S. 3(2) added (S.) (9.2.2005) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 2 para. 1 (with s. 100(2)); S.S.I. 2005/17, art. 2(b)