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Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011

The Act – Commentary on Sections

Part 2 – Wildlife under the 1981 Act

Section 12 – Single witness evidence in certain proceedings under the 1981 Act

71.Section 12 of the Act amends section 19A of the 1981 Act to extend the admissibility of single witness evidence to cover the offences inserted by the Act in relation to the unlawful taking, killing or injuring of game birds (grouse, partridge, pheasant and ptarmigan), hares and rabbits.

72.The effect is to preserve the comparable measures in the game Acts as repealed by Part 2 of the Schedule, which permitted conviction on the evidence of a single witness for offences in relation to game birds and ground game (hares and rabbits).

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