19Exemptions from licensing

19 Exemptions from licensing

19 Exemptions from licensing

(1) For the Act, section 17(1)(h), a game hunting licence is not required for hunting that is—

(a) of an animal pursuant to an obligation imposed under an Act to manage, control or eradicate the animal, but only on land, and for the period, in relation to which the obligation applies, and

(b) on public land or national park estate land that is occupied under a lease or other arrangement for private purposes that confers a right to exclusive possession of the land, and

(c) carried out by a person who holds a firearms licence under the Firearms Act 1996, section 12, for the purposes of the genuine reason of vertebrate pest animal control.

(2) In this section—

genuine reason has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1996.