Part IV Enforcement, licensing of venison dealing and miscellaneous provisions
Licensing of dealing in venison
33 Licences to deal in venison.
1
A council may grant to any person whom they shall think fit a licence to deal in venison (which shall continue to be known as a “venison dealer’s licence”).
2
The Secretary of State shall have power by order to regulate—
a
applications for venison dealers’ licences and the manner in which they are to be dealt with (including power to authorise councils to charge fees in respect of such applications); and
b
the procedure—
i
by which venison dealers’ licences may be surrendered; and
ii
for handing in of licences where a court has ordered their forfeiture or the holders have ceased to deal in venison.
3
The Secretary of State may in regulations under subsection (2) above apply any provision of Schedule 1 to the M1Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, as he thinks fit.
4
A venison dealer’s licence shall be valid for three years (unless the dealer has been disqualified from holding a licence by reason of his conviction of an offence under this Act), and may be renewed provided he is not at the time of the application subject to such disqualification.
5
Every council which grants a venison dealer’s licence shall cause to be sent to the Commission as soon as may be a copy of the licence.
6
Every council by whom venison dealers’ licences are granted shall as soon as may be after the first day of January in each year make a return to the Commission of the names and addresses of the persons who on that day held venison dealer’s licences issued by the council.
7
In this section and sections 34 to 36 “venison” means the carcase or any edible part of the carcase of a deer, and “deer” means deer of any species, whether or not deer within the meaning of section 45 of this Act, and includes farmed deer.
8
In this section and section 36 of this Act “council” means a council constituted under section 2 of the M2Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.