Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill
Notice of Amendments Tabled on
15 June 2010 for Consideration Stage

New Clause

After Clause 32 insert -

‘Hare coursing

32B. -(1) A person commits an offence if he -

(a) participates in a hare coursing event,

(b) attends a hare coursing event,

(c) knowingly facilitates a hare coursing event, or

(d) permits land which belongs to him to be used for the purposes of a hare coursing event.

(2) Each of the following persons commits an offence if a dog participates in a hare coursing event -

(a) any person who enters the dog for the event,

(b) any person who permits the dog to be entered, and

(c) any person who controls or handles the dog in the course of or for the purposes of the event.

(3) A “hare coursing event” is a competition in which dogs are, by the use of live hares, assessed as to skill in hunting hares.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.’

Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Tom Elliott

Schedule 3 , Page 29, Line 7

At end insert -

‘Section 7(2).

Section 7(3)(b).’

Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Tom Elliott

Schedule 3 , Page 29, Line 11

At end insert -

‘Section 7D(4).’

Mr Roy Beggs
Mr Tom Elliott

Schedule 1 , Page 20, Line 18

At end insert -

‘Plover, Golden

Pluvialis apricaria’

Chair, Committee for the Environment

Schedule 1 , Page 20, Line 30

At end insert -

‘(4) In Part 2 omit the following entry -

Common name	Scientific name
Plover, Golden	Pluvialis apricaria’

Chair, Committee for the Environment

Schedule 1 , Page 21, Line 2

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‘(3) In Part 1 omit the following entry -

Common name	Scientific name
Plover, Golden	Pluvialis apricaria’

Chair, Committee for the Environment