257.Section 46 amends section 11(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 so as to make it an offence to use certain devices in order to kill or take certain animals, or to use those devices where it is likely that they will catch certain animals or cause injury to them.
258.The amendment to section 11(1) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence:
to set a snare or other cable restraint in position in Wales, if the snare or restraint is of a type, and is placed, so as to be likely to cause injury to any wild animal that comes into contact with it;
to use a snare or other cable restraint in Wales for the purpose of killing or taking any wild animal;
to set a glue trap in position in Wales, if the trap is of a type, and is placed, so as to be likely to catch any (non-human) vertebrate animal that comes into contact with it;
to use a glue trap in Wales for the purpose of killing any or taking any (non-human) vertebrate animal.