PART IIIN.I.Protection of deer

Sales and purchases, etc., of venisonN.I.

23.—(1) F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) If any person sells or offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession or transports or causes to be transported for the purpose of sale at any premises, or purchases or offers to purchase or receives, any venison which comes from a deer—

(a)which has been killed or taken in circumstances which constitute an offence under Part II or under this Part; and

(b)which he knows or has reason to believe to have been so killed or taken,

he shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) In this Article

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “venison” means the carcase, or any edible part of the carcase, of a deer, and includes imported venison, but not canned or cooked venison.