HC Deb 13 July 1981 vol 8 cc886-7

Amendments made: No. 18, in page 10, line 41, after 'any', insert 'live or dead'.

No. 19, in page 11, leave out lines 2 to 4.

No. 20, in page 11, line 5, at end insert— '(2A) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (2) if he shows that—

  1. (a) the animal had not been killed or taken, or had been killed or taken otherwise than in contravention of the relevant provisions; or
  2. (b) the animal or other thing in his possession or control had been sold (whether to him or any other person) otherwise than in contravention of those provisions;
and in this subsection "the relevant provisions" means the provisions of this Part and of the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975.'.—[Mr. King.]

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