Deer Act 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1991 c. 54 |
| Year | 1991 |
(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, if any person enters any land without the consent of the owner or occupier or other lawful authority in search or pursuit of any deer with the intention of taking, killing or injuring it, he shall be guilty of an offence.intentionally takes, kills or injures, or attempts to take, kill or injure, any deer,searches for or pursues any deer with the intention of taking, killing or injuring it, orremoves the carcase of any deer,he would have the consent of the owner or occupier of the land if the owner or occupier knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it; orhe has other lawful authority to do it.to give his full name and address; andto quit that land forthwith;(5) In subsection (4) above “authorised person”, in relation to any land, means the owner or occupier of the land or any person authorised by the owner or occupier, and includes any person having the right to take or kill deer on the land.(1) Subject to sections 6 to 8 below and to subsection (3) below, if any person takes or intentionally kills any deer of a species and description mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act during the prescribed close season, he shall be guilty of an offence.(2) The prescribed close season, in relation to a particular deer, is the close season prescribed by Schedule 1 to this Act in relation to deer of that species and description.any person, by way of business, keeps deer on land enclosed by a deer-proof barrier for the production of meat or other foodstuffs or skins or other by-products, or as breeding stock, andthose deer are conspicuously marked in such a way as to identify them as deer kept by that person as mentioned in the preceding paragraph,(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Subject to sections 6 and 8 below, if any person takes or intentionally kills any deer between the expiry of the first hour after sunset and the beginning of the last hour before sunrise, he shall be guilty of an offence. sets in position any article which is a trap, snare, or poisoned or stupefying bait and is of such a nature and so placed as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any deer coming in contact with it, oruses for the purpose of taking or killing any deer any trap, snare or poisoned or stupefying bait, or any net,any firearm or ammunition mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act,any arrow, spear or similar missile, orany missile, whether discharged from a firearm or otherwise, carrying or containing any poison, stupefying drug or muscle-relaxing agent,(3) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 2 to this Act by adding any firearm or ammunition or by altering the description of, or deleting, any firearm or ammunition for the time being mentioned in that Schedule.discharges any firearm, or projects any missile, from any mechanically propelled vehicle at any deer, F15when the vehicle is moving or when its engine is running, oruses any mechanically propelled vehicle for the purpose of driving deer,by, or with the written authority of, the occupier of any enclosed land where deer are usually kept; andin relation to any deer on that land.(1) Any person who attempts to commit an offence under any of sections 2 to 4 above shall be guilty of an offence.any article the use of which is prohibited by section 4(1) (b) , section 4(2) (b) or section 4(2) (c) above, orany firearm or ammunition,(1) Nothing in section 2 or section 3 above shall make unlawful anything done in pursuance of a requirement by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 98 of the (2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 2 or section 3 above by reason of any act done for the purpose of preventing the suffering of an injured or diseased deer.
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