Part 1Modifications
1In section 39(2) of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 (c.45), in the proviso, for the words from “game” to the end substitute “—
(a)black grouse, common pheasant, grey partridge, ptarmigan, red grouse or red-legged partridge in the close season for that bird (within the meaning of section 2(4) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c.69)); or
(b)brown hare or mountain hare in the close season for that hare (within the meaning of section 10A(2) of that Act);
and for the purposes of subsection (1) a person is not deemed not to have the right to comply with a requirement falling within this proviso by reason only that, apart from the proviso, compliance with the requirement would constitute an offence under section 1 or (as the case may be) 10A(1) of that Act.”.