SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7F2 Protection of Certain MammalsF2Amendment of Acts In Relation To Night Shooting of Hares and Rabbits

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Amendments (Textual)

The Deer Act 1963

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For subsection (3) of section 10 of the M1 Deer Act 1963 (general exceptions) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

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A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 3(1)(c)(i) of this Act by reason of any smooth-bore gun for the purpose of killing any deer if he shows that the deer had been so seriously injured otherwise than by his unlawful act or was in such a condition that to kill it was an act of mercy.

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A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 3(1)(c)(i) of this Act by reason of the use as a slaughtering instrument, for the purpose of killing any deer, of a smooth-bore gun which—

a

is of not less gauge than 12 bore ;

b

has a barrel less than 24 inches (609.6 millimetres) in length ; and

c

is loaded with a cartridge purporting to contain shot none of which is less than .203 inches (5.16 millimetres) in diameter (that is to say, size AAA or any larger size).