Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, Amendment Act, 1921

1921 CHAPTER 22

An Act to amend the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912.

[28th July 1921]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1Amendment of s.1, subs. (3), para. (6) of Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912.

The first section of the [2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 14.] Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, subsection (3), paragraph (b), shall be amended by the addition thereto of the following words:—

and a captive animal shall not be deemed to be coursed or hunted within the. meaning of this subsection if it is coursed or hunted in an enclosed space from which it has no reasonable chance of escape.

2Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, Amendment Act, 1921.