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PART IV |
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GENERAL |
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Interpretation |
| | 20. In this Schedule "wild mammal" includes, in particular-
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(a) a wild mammal which has been bred or tamed for the purpose of being hunted or for any other purpose, |
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(b) a wild mammal which is in captivity or confinement, |
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(c) a wild mammal which has escaped or been released from captivity or confinement, and |
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(d) any mammal which is living wild. |
| | 21. A reference to a person hunting a wild mammal with a dog includes, in particular, any case where-
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(a) a person engages or participates in the pursuit of a wild mammal, and |
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(b) one or more dogs are employed in that pursuit (whether or not by him and whether or not under his control or direction). |
| | 22. For the purposes of this Schedule land belongs to a person if he-
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(a) owns an interest in it, |
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(b) manages or controls it, or |
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| | 23. For the purposes of this Schedule a dog belongs to a person if he-
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(b) is in charge of it, or |
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Consequential amendments |
| | 24. In section 35 of the Game Act 1831 (provision about trespassers: exceptions) the following words shall cease to have effect: "to any person hunting or coursing upon any lands with hounds or greyhounds, and being in fresh pursuit of any deer, hare or fox already started upon any other land, nor".
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| | 25. In section 5 of the Game Licences Act 1860 (exceptions), exceptions 3 and 4 shall cease to have effect.
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| | 26. In section 1(3)(b) of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 (offence of cruelty: exceptions)-
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(a) the words "coursing or" shall cease to have effect, and |
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(b) the words "coursed or", in each place, shall cease to have effect. |
| | 27. In section 8 of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (interfering with setts: exceptions) subsections (4) to (9) shall cease to have effect.
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| | 28. In section 2(b) of the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 (offence: exceptions) the word ", coursing" shall cease to have effect.
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