Part IV Enforcement, licensing of venison dealing and miscellaneous provisions

Miscellaneous and general provisions

48 Short title, consequential amendments, repeals, extent and commencement.

1

This Act may be cited as the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996.

2

Schedule 4 (which makes provisions consequential on this Act) and Schedule 5 (which repeals provisions consolidated by this Act) shall have effect.

3

Subject to subsection (4) below, this Act shall extend to Scotland only.

4

The amendments contained in Schedule 4 and the repeals contained in Schedule 5 have the same extent as the enactments therein amended or, as the case may be, repealed.

5

Schedule 6 (which contains transitional and transitory provisions and a saving) shall have effect.

6

This Act shall come into force at the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date on which the M1Deer (Amendment)(Scotland) Act 1996 comes into force.