Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1928/25/body
Timestamp: 2018-03-18 16:16:03
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(2)[F3If any officer or constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that any person is or has been unlawfully in pursuit of any game,], it shall be lawful for such officer or constable to require such person to declare to him immediately his name and place of residence, and to search such person and any game bag, package, vehicle, or other thing, which is capable of being used by such person for the carrying of game, and to search any premises on which such person shall be found; and if such person refuses to declare his name and place of residence as aforesaid, or gives a false or fictitious name or place of residence, or if such person refuses to allow such officer or constable to make the aforesaid search, he shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be subject, be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3)It shall be lawful for any officer or constable to enter (if need be, by force), and remain so long as may be necessary, upon any lands or premises for the purpose of making the F4. . . search referred to in this section[F5 or for the purpose of arresting a person under [F6Article 26] of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, for an offence under this Act].
F2S. 2(1) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39, 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 2(2) substituted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(1), 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(3); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in s. 2(3) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39, 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(4), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in s. 2(3) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 15(4), Sch. 1 para. 11
F7S. 3 repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F8S. 4 repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F9S. 5 repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 36(3)(a), 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F10[(dd)To take, remove and detain in his custody any trap, net, snare or other instrument whatsoever used or capable of being used for the destruction or taking of game, and in the possession of a person suspected of having committed an offence under this Act or any of the enactments enumerated in the Schedule to this Act;]
F11[(2)Where any officer or constable takes and detains in his custody any game under the authority of paragraph (d) or any instrument under the authority of paragraph (dd) of the preceding sub-section, he shall as soon as conveniently may be take such steps as may be proper to have the person guilty or believed to be guilty of the offence committed, or believed to have been committed, in relation to or by means of the game or instrument so taken and detained, brought before a court of summary jurisdiction; and where that person is convicted of any offence in respect of the game or instrument so taken and detained, the court may, subject, in relation to game, to the provisions of the next succeeding sub-section, order such game or instrument to be sold or destroyed.]
F12[(2A)Where any officer or constable takes and detains in his custody any game under the authority of paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of this section, he shall as soon as conveniently may be, unless such game has previously been dealt with under the last preceding sub-section, produce it to a justice of the peaceF13, who may authorise it to be sold or destroyed. If no person is convicted of an offence in respect of such game, that game, or the proceeds of the sale thereof authorised as aforesaid, shall be restored, or paid, to the person from whom such game was seized; and an officer or constable who, by direction of a justice given in writing, sells or destroys any game so seized as aforesaid shall not be liable to any penalty in respect of such sale, or for any loss caused by such sale or destruction.
F101951 c.4 (NI)
F14[7Close seasons.N.I.
[F15(bb)any partridge or snipe during the period commencing on 1st February in any year and ending with 31st August next following;]
(c)any[F15 other game-bird] during the period commencing on the first day of February in any year and ending with the thirtieth day of September next following;
(a)by hunting with beagles or other hounds; F16. . .
[F15(3)The Minister of the Environment (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) may by order—
[F17(3A)If it appears to the Department expedient that any game birds should be protected during any period outside the close season for those birds, the Department may make an order with respect to the whole or any specified part of Northern Ireland declaring any period (which shall not in the case of any order exceed 14 days) as a period of special protection for those birds.
(6)Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of sub-section (1) F19. . . of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.]
F141951 c.4 (NI)
F152002 c.2(NI)
F16S. 7(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 3; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F17S. 7(3A)-(3C) inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 37(2), 40(1); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F18S. 7(4) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 36(3)(b), 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F19Words in s. 7(6) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
[F20[F207AASale of game taken unlawfullyN.I.
F20S. 7AA inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 36(1), 40(1); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
[F217AProtection of game and rabbitsN.I.
F212002 c.2(NI)
F22S. 7A(3)(a) repealed (13.9.2010) by Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 10), ss. 38(3), 39(1), Sch. 2 (with s. 37); S.R. 2010/309, art. 2, Sch.
F23[7BProtection of nests and eggs.N.I.
(2)The owner or occupier of any land desirous of taking on land occupied by him the eggs of pheasants or partridges for the purpose of having them hatched out may apply in writing to[F24 the Department of the Environment and that Department], if satisfied that the eggs are to be used for that purpose only, may in writingF24. . . authorise that person to take such eggs, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the authority; and the taking of any eggs under and in accordance with the conditions of such an authority shall not be a contravention of the preceding sub-section.
F231951 c.4 (NI)
F241985 NI 2
F25[7CSpecial protection of game.N.I.
(1)Where the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to provide special protection for any kind of game, he may by order prohibit the killing or taking, or the sale or purchase [F26or possession], of game of any kind prescribed by the order, during such period not exceeding one year as shall be so prescribed.
F251951 c.4 (NI)
F26Words in s. 7C(1) inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 37(3), 40(1); S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F27[7DProhibition of the use of traps, etc.N.I.
F271951 c.4 (NI)
F28S. 7D(4) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 3; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
F29[7EProhibition of destruction of cover for game.N.I.
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn or otherwise destroy, during the period commencing on the fifteenth day of[F30 April] in any year and ending with[F30 the thirty-first day of August] next following, any gorse, furze, whin, heath, ling or fern growing on any mountain, moor, heath, bog or other uncultivated land; and any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act:
F291951 c.4 (NI)
F301985 NI 2
F31[7FOrders of the Minister.N.I.
(2)An order made under this Act[F32 (except one made under section 7(3))] shall remain in force during the period specified in the order, but may be renewed by a further order made before the expiration of such period.
[F32(4)Orders made by the Minister under this Act shall be subject to negative resolution.]
F311951 c.4 (NI)
F322002 c.2(NI)
[F33[F337GRelationship of this Act with Wildlife OrderN.I.
F33S. 7G inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(1), 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
(1)Any person guilty of an offence under this Act [F34(except section 7AA)] shall be liable, on summary conviction thereof,F35. . . to a fine not exceeding[F35 level 2 on the standard scale], or at the discretion of the court to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
F34Words in s. 8(1) inserted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(1), 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 3; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.
[F36 (2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression—
[F37“game” means any hare or game-bird;
F361951 c.4 (NI)
F37S. 10(2): definition of "game" substituted (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(1), 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 4; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch.