SCHEDULE 3Wildlife offences
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In section 21 (penalties, forfeitures etc.)—
(a)
for subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)
Subject to subsection (5), a person guilty of an offence under any of sections 1 to 13 or section 17 shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.”;
(b)
subsections (2) and (3) are repealed;
(c)
in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—
“(a)
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both.”; and
(d)
in subsection (5), the words “(2) or (3)” are repealed.