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Deer Act 1980

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SCHEDULES

Section 3.

SCHEDULE 1Form of Record to be kept by Licensed Game Dealers

Section 7.

SCHEDULE 2Sections Substituted for Sections 5 to 8 of Deer Act 1963

5Powers of search, arrest and seizure.

(1)If a constable suspects with reasonable cause that any person is committing or has committed an offence under this Act, the constable may without warrant—

(a)stop and search that person if the constable suspects with reasonable cause that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found on that person ;

(b)search or examine any vehicle, animal, weapon or other thing which that person may then be using if the constable suspects with reasonable cause that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found on that vehicle, animal, weapon or other thing ;

(c)arrest that person if he fails to give his name and address to the constable's satisfaction ;

(d)seize and detain for the purposes of proceedings under this Act anything which is evidence of the commission of the offence and any deer, vehicle, animal, weapon or other thing which is liable to be forfeited under section 6(3) of this Act.

(2)For the purposes of exercising the powers conferred by the last foregoing subsection a constable may enter any land other than a dwelling-house.

(3)A constable may sell any deer seized under this section and the net proceeds of the sale shall be liable to be detained and forfeited in the same manner as the deer sold ; but he shall not be subject to any liability on account of his neglect or failure to exercise the powers conferred by this section.

6Penalties and forfeitures.

(1)Subject to the next following subsection, a person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

(2)Where an offence under this Act was committed in respect of more than one deer the maximum fine which may be imposed under the last foregoing subsection shall be determined as if the person convicted had been convicted of a separate offence in respect of each deer.

(3)The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under this Act may order the forfeiture of—

(a)any deer in respect of which the offence was committed or which was found in his possession ;

(b)any vehicle, animal, weapon or other thing which was used to commit the offence or which was capable of being used to take, kill or injure deer and was found in his possession.

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