# Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011, Section 31: Action intended to prevent suffering


(1) The 1996 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 25 (action intended to prevent suffering)—
(a) before paragraph (a), insert—
“(za) a deer which is starving and which has no reasonable chance of recovering;”,
(b) in paragraph (b), the word “by” is repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/6/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-scotland-act-2011/section-31
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