Part 1Offences
5Hare coursing
1
A person commits an offence if he—
a
participates in a hare coursing event,
b
attends a hare coursing event,
c
knowingly facilitates a hare coursing event, or
d
permits land which belongs to him to be used for the purposes of a hare coursing event.
2
Each of the following persons commits an offence if a dog participates in a hare coursing event—
a
any person who enters the dog for the event,
b
any person who permits the dog to be entered, and
c
any person who controls or handles the dog in the course of or for the purposes of the event.
3
A “hare coursing event” is a competition in which dogs are, by the use of live hares, assessed as to skill in hunting hares.