SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 Amendments relating to Part I of Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

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1

In section 7 of that Act (registration etc. of certain captive birds), in subsection (3)(a), for “for which a special penalty is provided” there is substituted “ which falls within subsection (3A) ”.

2

After subsection (3) of that section there is inserted—

3A

The offences falling within this subsection are—

a

any offence under section 1(1) or (2) in respect of—

i

a bird included in Schedule 1 or any part of, or anything derived from, such a bird,

ii

the nest of such a bird, or

iii

an egg of such a bird or any part of such an egg;

b

any offence under section 1(5) or 5;

c

any offence under section 6 in respect of—

i

a bird included in Schedule 1 or any part of, or anything derived from, such a bird, or

ii

an egg of such a bird or any part of such an egg;

d

any offence under section 8.