Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
2010 asp 5
The Act
Part 6 – Conservation of Seals
Offence: killing, injuring or taking seals
Section 108 - Exceptions: alleviating suffering
169.Section 108 sets out exceptions to the section 107 offence where the act was to alleviate suffering of a seriously disabled animal through humane killing or tending and releasing. The section places a duty on a person who kills, injures or takes a seal in accordance with these exceptions to report the matter to Scottish Ministers and provides for an offence of failing to comply with this duty.
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