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Game Laws (Amendment) Act 1960
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2Power of police to enter on land
(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a police constable who has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is committing an offence on any land under section one or section nine of the Night Poaching Act, 1828, or under section thirty or section thirty-three of the Game Act, 1831 (which relate to persons trespassing in pursuit of game in the daytime), may enter on the land for the purpose of exercising any power conferred on him by the foregoing section.
(2)In this section, as well as in the foregoing section, the word " land " includes land belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster or in Her private capacity, and land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, and land belonging to a Government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department, and, subject to subsection (3) of this section, this section shall be binding on the Crown.
(3)The power of entry conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall not be exercisable in relation to land occupied by or under the management of—
(a)the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War, or the Secretary of State for Air, or
(b)the Minister of Aviation, or
(c)the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
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