Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1996

11 Farmed deer

After section 34 of the principal Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“34A Farmed deer

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, this Act does not apply in respect of farmed deer.

(2) The following provisions of this Act apply as respects farmed deer—

(a) subsection (2) of section 23, and subsections (3) and (5) of that section in so far as they apply in relation to offences committed against subsection (2);

(b) section 23A;

(c) section 25AA;

(d) Part IIIA; and

(e) section 35A.

(3) The provisions of Part IV of this Act shall apply in respect of an offence committed by virtue of subsection (2) above.

(4) In this section “farmed deer” means deer of any species which are on agricultural land enclosed by a deer-proof barrier and are kept on that land by any person as livestock.”.