Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
2011 CHAPTER 16
Commentary on Sections
Part 5 - General
Section 53: Hunting, coursing and fishing
This section provides that anything which occurs in the normal course of hunting or coursing is not covered by this Act unless the animal is released in an injured, mutilated or exhausted condition or is hunted or coursed in an enclosed space without reasonable chance of escape. It also provides that anything which occurs in the normal course of fishing is not covered by this Act.
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