Section 7: Arrest
11.Section 7 authorises a constable to arrest without warrant a person who he reasonably suspects to have committed, to be committing or to be about to commit an offence of unlawful hunting (section 1), participating in or attending a hare coursing event (section 5(1)(a) and (b)) or entering, permitting to enter or controlling or handling a dog in a hare coursing event (section 5(2)). A warrant will be required in cases where a person commits an offence of knowingly permitting land which belongs to him to be entered or used for unlawful hunting (section 3(1)), knowingly permitting a dog which belongs to him to be used for unlawful hunting (section 3(2)), knowingly facilitating a hare coursing event (section 5(1)(c)) or permitting land which belongs to him to be used for a hare coursing event (section 5(1)(d)).
