[12A Requirements for use of traps]

[Wildlife trap licensing]

[12A  Requirements for use of traps]

[(1)     A person who uses a trap to which this section applies, for the purpose of killing or taking a wild bird or wild animal that can otherwise be lawfully killed or taken by those means, must have a wildlife trap licence.

(2)     This section applies to the following traps—

(a)     a trap for the purpose of taking wild birds,

(b)     a trap approved by an order made under section 50 of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 for the purposes of that section (other than a trap of a description specified in an order made under subsection (7) of that section).

(3)     A person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty

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