(1)Nothing in Parts I or II (except section 5) of this Act or anything done thereunder shall preclude any occupier of any land from recovering any compensation for damage caused by deer which he would have been entitled to recover if this Act had not been passed.
(2)Nothing in sections 18(1), 19(1) or 20(1)(a) of this Act shall be construed as prohibiting—
(a)a person having a legal right to take deer on any land; or
(b)a person having permission in writing from any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above,
from taking a deer on that land in any manner which does not cause it unnecessary suffering.