SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2N.I.AMENDMENTS

The Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (c. 25)N.I.

1—(1) Section 2 (police powers to search for game, etc.) is amended as follows.N.I.

(2) Omit subsection (1).

(3) In subsection (2) for the words from the beginning to “read the same” substitute “ If any officer or constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that any person is or has been unlawfully in pursuit of any game, ”.

(4) In subsection (3) omit “demand or”.

2 After section 7F insert—N.I.

“7G Relationship of this Act with Wildlife Order

Sections 7(1) and (2) and 7A(1) do not have effect in relation to a hare included in Schedule 5 to the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985.”.

3 In section 8(1) (penalties for offences) after “this Act” insert “ (except section 7AA) ”.N.I.

4 In section 10(2) (interpretation) for the definition of “game” substitute—N.I.

““game” means any hare or game-bird;

“game-bird” has the same meaning as in the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;”.