This version of this provision is prospective.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024, Section 2.
Prospective
(1)It is an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to supply, or offer to supply, a glue trap.
(2)It is an offence for a person to knowingly cause or permit an unauthorised person to commit an offence under subsection (1).
(3)A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the person is an authorised person.
(4)A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding £40,000 (or both),
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to a fine (or both).
(5)In this section—
“authorised person” has the meaning given in section 1(7),
“glue trap” has the meaning given in section 1(7),
“supply” of a glue trap includes—
selling it,
exchanging it for a consideration other than money,
giving it as a prize or otherwise making a gift of it,
otherwise making the glue trap available.
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 35(2)
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