# Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024, Paragraph 14: Notice of testing of item

Extent: S

(1) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply where—
(a) a glue trap purchased (or acquired under direction or by agreement) by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 4 is submitted to a test and as a result proceedings are brought for an offence under section 2 or 3, or
(b) a glue trap or item seized by an officer of a local weights and measures authority under paragraph 8 is submitted to a test.
(2) The local weights and measures must inform the relevant person of the results of the test.
(3) The local weights and measures authority must allow a relevant person to have the glue trap or item tested if it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(4) In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant person” means the person from whom the glue trap or item was purchased or seized.
(5) In sub-paragraph (3), “relevant person” means—
(a) in a case within sub-paragraph (1)(a), a person who is a party to the proceedings, or
(b) in any other case, a person referred to in sub-paragraph (4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/4/schedule/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-management-and-muirburn-scotland-act-2024/schedule/paragraph-14
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