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(1)A person shall not be guilty of an offence against section 1 or section 2 of this Act by reason of any act done for the purpose of preventing suffering by an injured or diseased deer, or of an offence against section 3(1)(a) or (b) of this Act by reason of setting in position, or using, any trap or net for that purpose.
(2)Nothing in section 1 or section 2 of this Act shall make unlawful anything done in pursuance of a requirement by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 98 of the [10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 48.] Agriculture Act 1947.
(3)A person shall not be guilty of an offence against section 1 or section 2 of this Act by reason of the taking or killing by means of shooting of any deer on any cultivated land, pasture or enclosed woodland if that person proves—
(a)that he is the occupier of that land, pasture or woodland, or that he acted with the written authority of the occupier; and
(b)that his action was necessary for the purpose of preventing serious damage to crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber or any other form of property on that land, pasture or woodland.
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