http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/417/article/2/madeThe Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011Regulatory impact assessmentenKing's Printer for Scotland2016-09-05ANIMALS;DEER The effect of this Order is to fix the periods during which it as an offence under section 5 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”) to take or wilfully kill or injure a deer of the species and sex specified in the Schedule. It revokes and replaces the Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 1984. The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011art. 2The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011art. 1 2 1 The periods fixed in each year during which no person shall take or wilfully kill or injure a deer of the species in column 1 and the sex in column 2 of the Schedule are as specified in column 3 of the Schedule. 2 A period fixed under paragraph (1) includes the whole of a day specified in column 3 of the Schedule.