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(1)After subsection (2) of section 23 of the said Act of 1959 there shall be inserted the following new subsections—
“(2A)Subject to subsection (2B) below and section 33(1) of this Act, if any person—
(a)discharges any firearm, or discharges or projects any missile, from any aircraft at any deer ; or
(b)notwithstanding the provisions of section 23(5) of this Act uses any aircraft for the purpose of transporting any live deer other than in the interior of the aircraft,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2B)Nothing in subsection (2A) (b) above shall make unlawful anything done by, or under the supervision of, a veterinary surgeon or practitioner.
(2C)In subsection (2B) above " veterinary practitioner " means a person who is for the time being registered in the supplementary register, and " veterinary surgeon " means a person who is for the time being registered in the register of veterinary surgeons”.
(2)In subsection (3) of section 23 of the said Act of 1959 for the words " subsections (1) or (2)" there shall be substituted the words " subsection (1), (2) or (2A) ".
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