Game Licences Act 1860
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(23 & 24 Vict.) C A P. XC.
[13th August 1860]
BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I After passing of this Act the Duties in respect of Certificates to kill and deal in Game as contained in 52 G. 3. c. 93. Sched. \(L.), 56 G. 3. c. 56., and 1 & 2 W. 4. c. 32. repealed.
I. From and after the passing of this Act the respective Duties of Assessed Taxes now payable under the several Acts of Parliament in that Behalf in respect of Certificates to kill Game inGreat Britain , and to deal in Game in England , and all the Provisions, Rules, and Directions for assessing, charging, and collecting any of the said Duties contained in Schedule (L.) of the Act passed in the Fifty-second Year of King George the Third, Chapter Ninety-three, and also the Duties now payable in Ireland under the Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Fifty six, in respect of every Certificate of having registered a Deputation as a Gamekeeper, and in respect of every Certificate to authorize any Person, not being a Gamekeeper, to kill Game in Ireland , and also the Nineteenth and Twentieth Sections of the Act passed in the First and Second Years of King William the Fourth, Chapter Thirty-two, shall respectively cease and determine, and the same are hereby repealed, except as to any Arrears of the said Duties respectively, and as to any Penalties incurred before the Commencement of this Act.
II In lieu of Duties repealed, the Duties herein named to be levied.
II. In lieu of the Duties hereby repealed there shall be granted, charged, and paid for and upon the several Licences and Certificates to take or kill Game, and Licences to deal in Game herein-after mentioned, the respective Duties or Sums of Money herein-after expressed or denoted; (that is to say,)
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For a Licence in Great Britain or a Certificate in Ireland to be taken out by every Person who shall use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking or killing any Game whatever, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Conies, or any Deer, or shall take or kill by any Means whatever or shall assist in any Manner in the taking or killing by any Means whatever of any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Coney, or any Deer: |
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If such Licence or Certificate shall be taken out after the Fifth Day of April and before the First Day of November , |
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To expire on the Fifth Day of April in the following Year |
3 0 0 |
To expire on the Thirty-first Day of October in the same Year in which the Licence or Certificate shall be taken out |
2 0 0 |
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If such Licence or Certificate shall be taken out on or after the First Day of November , To expire on the Fifth Day of April following |
2 0 0 |
Provided always, That any Person having the Right to kill Game on any Lands in England or Scotland shall be entitled to take out a Licence to authorize any Servant for whom he shall be chargeable to the Duty of Assessed Taxes as a Gamekeeper, to kill Game upon the same Lands, upon Payment of the Duty of |
2 0 0 |
And for every Licence to deal in Game in England, Scotland , or Ireland , to be granted under this Act |
2 0 0 |
III Duties granted to be Excise Duties under the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.
III. The Duties by this Act granted shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and shall be deemed to be Excise Duties, and all the Powers, Provisions, Clauses, Regulations, and Directions contained in any Act relating to Excise Duties or to Penalties under Excise Acts, and now or hereafter in force, shall respectively be of full Force and Effect with respect to the Duties by this Act granted, and to the Penalties hereby imposed, so far as the same are or may be applicable, and shall be observed, applied, and enforced for and in the collecting, securing, and recovering of the said Duties and Penalties hereby granted and imposed respectively, and otherwise in relation thereto, so far as the same shall be consistent with and not superseded by the express Provisions of this Act, as fully and effectually as if the same had been herein repeated and specially enacted in this Act with reference to the said last-mentioned Duties and Penalties respectively.
IV Licence to be taken out for taking or killing Game in Great Britain.
IV. Every Person before he shall inGreat Britain take, kill, or pursue, or aid or assist in any Manner in the taking, killing, or pursuing by any Means whatever, or use any Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the Purpose of taking, killing, or pursuing any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, or Landrail, or any Coney, or any Deer, shall take out a proper Licence to kill Game under this Act, and pay the Duty hereby made payable thereon; and if any Person shall do any such Act as herein-before mentioned in Great Britain without having duly taken out and having in force such Licenceas aforesaid, he shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds.
V Exceptions and Exemptions.
V. The following Exceptions and Exemptions from the Duties and Provisions of this Act are hereby made and granted; (that is to say,)
Exceptions.
(1) 1. The taking of Woodcocks and Snipes with Nets or Springes in Great Britain .
(2) 2. The taking or destroying of Conies in Great Britain by the Proprietor of any Warren or of any inclosed Ground whatever, or by the Tenant of Lands, either by himself or by his Direction or Permission.
(3) 3. The pursuing and killing of Hares respectively by coursing with Greyhounds, or by hunting with Beagles or other Hounds.
(4) 4. The pursuing and killing of Deer by hunting with Hounds.
(5) 5. The taking and killing of Deer in any inclosed Lands by the Owner or Occupier of such Lands, or by his Direction or Permission.
Exemptions.
(1) 1. Any of the Royal Family.
(2) 2. Any Person appointed a Gamekeeper on behalf of Her Majesty by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, under the authority of any Act of Parliament relating to the Land Revenues of the Crown.
(3) 3. Any Person aiding or assisting in the taking or killing of any Game, or any Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, Landrail, or Coney, or any Deer, in the Company or Presence and for the Use of another Person who shall have duly obtained, according to the Directions of this Act, and in his own Right, a Licence to kill Game, and who shall by virtue of such Licence then and there use his own Dog, Gun, Net, or other Engine for the taking or killing of such Game, Woodcock, Snipe, Quail, Landrail, Coney, or Deer, and who shall not act therein by virtue of any Deputation or Appointment.
(4) 4. And as regards the killing of Hares only, all Persons who, under the Provisions of the Two several Acts, 11th and 12th Victoria , Chapter 29. and Chapter 30. respectively, are authorized to kill Hares in England and Scotland respectively, without obtaining an annual Game Certificate.
VI Not to alter 11 & 12 Vict. cc. 29. and 30., except that ‘Game Certificate’ in said Acts, and also in 1 & 2 W. 4. c. 32. shall be read as ‘Licence to kill Game.’
VI. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend to repeal, alter, or affect any of the Provisions of the said Two...
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