The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011
Citation and commencement1.
This Order may be cited as the Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st January 2012.
Close Seasons for certain species of deer2.
(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.
Revocation3.
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
SCHEDULEClose Seasons
Species | Sex | Periods |
|---|---|---|
Fallow deer (Damadama) | Male | 1st May to 31st July |
Female | 16th February to 20th October | |
Red deer (Cervuselaphus) | Male | 21st October to 30th June |
Female | 16th February to 20th October | |
Red/Sika deer hybrid | Male | 21st October to 30th June |
Female | 16th February to 20th October | |
Roe deer (Capreoluscapreolus) | Male | 21st October to 31st March |
Female | 1st April to 20th October | |
Sika deer (Cervusnippon) | Male | 21st October to 30th June |
Female | 16th February to 20th October |
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 1996 Act provides that it is not an offence during those periods to take, kill or injure a deer where an authorisation is granted under section 5, where section 14 (limitation of criminal liability) is applicable or where it is for a purpose specified in section 25 (action taken in order to prevent suffering).
A Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced in relation to this Order as it has no direct impact on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector.