Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)

SCHEDULE 3 Wildlife offences

6 In section 21 (penalties, forfeitures etc.)—

(a) for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) Subject to subsection (5), a person guilty of an offence under any of sections 1 to 13 or section 17 shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.”;

(b) subsections (2) and (3) are repealed;

(c) in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—

“(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.”; and

(d) in subsection (5), the words “(2) or (3)” are repealed.