§ 4 After Clause 6, insert the following new clause:
§ (" Use of vehicles to drive deer
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. After section 23(2) of the said Act of 1959 there shall be inserted the following new subsection—
(3A) Any person who uses a vehicle to drive deer on unenclosed land with the intention of taking, killing or injuring them shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.".").
Lord Campbell of CroyMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 4. This amendment requests, in substance, what we have already considered at an earlier stage. It is directed at the poacher who may use a vehicle to round up deer; it does not prevent anyone from using a vehicle to chase deer off his land. Nor does it inhibit what a deer farmer may do with his own stock.
When this subject was previously before this House it was said that the matter could be dealt with under a firearms order. There was some doubt about this, and it was looked at again. This amendment caters for a situation where firearms are not being used, and, accordingly, I suggest it is appropriate that it should be inserted in the Bill. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(Lord Campbell of Croy.)