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<Text>The 1996 Act is modified as follows.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 27(5) (powers of search and seizure), the words “, or under section 36(1) or (4),” are repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 31 (powers of court on conviction for offences), subsection (5) is repealed.</Text>
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<Text>Section 33 (licences to deal in venison) is repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>Section 34 (records kept by venison dealers) is repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
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<Text>Section 35 (reciprocal arrangements) is repealed.</Text>
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<Text>Section 36 (offences in connection with venison dealing) is repealed.</Text>
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<Text>In section 43(2) (application of Act to farmed deer), paragraph (c) is repealed.</Text>
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<Text>In schedule 3 (penalties), the entries in the table relating to section 36 are repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>10</Pnumber>
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<Text>The title of Part IV becomes <InlineAmendment>“<Strong>Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions</Strong>”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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