Part IV Enforcement, licensing of venison dealing and miscellaneous provisions

Miscellaneous and general provisions

43 Application of Act to farmed deer.

1

Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, this Act does not apply in respect of farmed deer.

2

The following provisions of this Act apply as respects farmed deer—

a

subsections (3) and (4) of section 17;

b

section 21;

c

sections 33 to 36;

d

section 45.

3

The provisions of sections 24 and 27 to 32 of this Act shall apply in respect of an offence committed by virtue of subsection (2) above.

4

In this section “farmed deer” means deer of any species which are on agricultural land enclosed by a deer-proof barrier and are kept on that land by any person as livestock.