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FORESTRY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 9

9.(1) Where any trees are

(a)growing in any plantation to which this section applies; and

(b)being damaged by rabbits, hares or deer;

(i)in that plantation; or

(ii)on any land in his occupation adjoining that plantation.

(2) In any prosecution for killing, taking or destroying rabbits, hares or
deer at a time not permitted by law it shall be a good defence for the person
charged to prove that

(a)he is the occupier of a plantation to which this section applies; and

(b)the trees growing in that plantation are being damaged by rabbits, hares or
deer; and

(c)the rabbits, hares or deer were killed, taken or destroyed in that
plantation or on any land in his occupation adjoining that plantation.

(3) In this section the expression "plantation" means

(a)any woodland, of [one hectare] or more in area, used for the production of
timber for commercial purposes; and

(b)any nursery land used for rearing young forest trees.

(4) Nothing in this section shall relieve any person from the necessity of
complying with the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force
relating to game certificates or to gun licences.

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