19 Use of vehicles to drive deer.S
(1)Subject to section 41(2) of this Act and to subsection (2) below, any person who uses a vehicle to drive deer on any land with the intention of taking, killing or injuring them shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)Subject to section 37 of this Act, [F1SNH] may authorise the owner of any land which deer are on, or any person nominated in writing by him, to use any vehicle to drive deer in order to take or kill them for the purposes of deer management.
(3)In subsection (2) above—
“deer management” does not include driving deer in the course of any sporting activity; and
“vehicle” does not include any aircraft or hovercraft.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Act substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), Sch.