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Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024
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12Requirement for muirburn licence
(1)A person must not, without reasonable excuse, make muirburn on any land except under and in accordance with a muirburn licence which has effect in relation to the land.
(2)It is an offence for a person to—
(a)make muirburn in contravention of subsection (1), or
(b)cause or permit another person to make muirburn in contravention of subsection (1).
(3)It is not an offence under subsection (2) for a person to make muirburn on peatland if the muirburn licence relating to that land specifies that the land is not peatland.
(4)It is not an offence under subsection (2) for a person to make muirburn on land to which a muirburn licence relates if muirburn is made in connection with the person’s completion of a training course approved under section 17.
(5)A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (or both).
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