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Hunting Act 2004

Part 3: General

Section 11: Interpretation

16.Section 11 defines a number of expressions which appear in the Act.  Subsection (1) defines wild mammal, subsection (2) concerns what constitutes hunting a wild mammal with a dog, and subsections (3) and (4) set out the circumstances in which land or a dog belong to a person for the purposes of the Act.

Section 14: Subordinate legislation

17.Section 14 concerns the making of subordinate legislation.  It provides that an order made by the Secretary of State under section 2(2) of the Act cannot be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Section 15: Commencement

18.Section 15 provides that the Act shall come into force three months after it receives Royal Assent.

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