http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/7

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/7/crossheading/the-dogs-protection-of-livestock-act-1953

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967 and the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975; to prohibit certain methods of killing or taking wild animals; to amend the law relating to protection of certain mammals; to restrict the introduction of certain animals and plants; to amend the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976; to amend the law relating to nature conservation, the countryside and National Parks and to make provision with respect to the Countryside Commission; to amend the law relating to public rights of way; and for connected purposes.

1982-03-01

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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 11(2A)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 1(6)(b)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 11(1)(ab)-(ad)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(2)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 11(2)(aa)

(ab)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(2)(c)(ii)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 11(3CA)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(2)(e)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16(1A)(c)

(d)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(4)(a)(ii)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(2)(f) and word

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(7)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(3)(f) and word

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 6(7)(b)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 12A-12G and cross-heading

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(2)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(1A)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(4)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(ab)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(4)(b)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(5B)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(4)(c)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 21(ga)

(gb)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(6)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(2)(c)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(7)(a)(ii)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(3)(c)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 7(7)(b)(ii)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 2(1A)-(1D)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(2)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 2(3A)(a)(ii)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(2)(b)(i)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 2(3C)(c) and word

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(2)(b)(ii)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(2)(d)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(3)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(3)(d)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(3)(b)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sch. 2

Pt. 1B

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 9(5)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(1B)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 10(3)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(5)(aa)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 10(3)(c)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 16A(5A)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 10(3)(d)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(2)(d)

(e)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 10(5)(a)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 26(3)(d)

(e)

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

s. 10(5)(b)

s. 30

s. 35(2)

sch.

Pt. 2

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 53(3)(c)

(ia)

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 2(b)

s. 115(7)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 53B(4A)

(4B)

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 4

s. 115(7)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 53ZA

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 3

s. 115(7)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s. 54B

54C

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 5

s. 115(7)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sch. 13A

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 6

s. 115(7)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Sch. 14A

Deregulation Act 2015

Sch. 7

para. 7

s. 115(7)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7F1 Protection of Certain MammalsF1Amendment of Acts In Relation To Night Shooting of Hares and Rabbits

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Sch. 7 heading substituted (S.) (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 11(4)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(b)

The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953

X1 3

1

At the end of subsection (2) of section 1 of the M1 Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 (penalty where dog worries livestock on agricultural land) there shall be inserted the words

or
c
being at large (that is to say not on a lead or otherwise under close control) in a field or enclosure in which there are sheep

2

After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

2A
Subsection (2)(c) of this section shall not apply in relation to—
a
a dog owned by, or in charge of, the occupier of the field or enclosure or the owner of the sheep or a person authorised by either of those persons ; or
b
a police dog, a guide dog, a trained sheep dog, a working gun dog or a pack of hounds.