Part I Conservation and Control of Red Deer
8 Contents of control schemes.
(1)
A control scheme shall—
(a)
describe the control area by reference to a map and specify the approximate extent of that area;
(b)
specify whether the red deer F1or sika deer in that area or any part thereof are to be reduced in number or exterminated;
(c)
specify, where the red deer F1or sika deer are to be reduced in number, the number, and if necessary in the opinion of the Commission, the sex and class, of the animals to be killed in the control area or any part thereof, and the limit on the number of red deer F1or sika deer of each sex to be allowed to be established in the control area or any part thereof;
(d)
specify the measures which are to be taken by the owners or occupiers for the time being of land in the control area or any of them for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this subsection;
(e)
prescribe time limits within which the owners or occupiers are to take any such measures as aforesaid;
(f)
include any incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions that may be necessary.
(2)
A control scheme may specify different measures to be taken by different owners or occupiers of land in the control area, and may provide for the extension of any time limit prescribed therein.
(3)
Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall empower the Commission to impose on any owner or occupier of land a requirement to construct a fence on his land or on any part thereof against the movement of red deer F1or sika deer, and for the purposes of this section “fence” shall include any artificial obstruction.