
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Regulatory Reform (Game) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st August 2007.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
2 
In the Game Act 1831 the following are repealed—
(a) sections 5 (saving as to existing laws requiring game certificates) and 6 (every person holding a certificate may kill and take game, etc.);
(b) in section 7 (under existing leases the landlord shall have the game except in certain cases), the words “who shall have obtained an annual game certificate”;
(c) in section 10 (this Act not to give interest in game to owners of cattlegates or rights of common, etc.), the words “who shall have obtained an annual game certificate”;
(d) in section 11 (landlords who have reserved the game may authorize others to kill it), the words “who shall have obtained an annual game certificate”;
(e) in section 13 (lords of manors may appoint gamekeepers to act within limits of manors etc.), the words from “, and to authorize” to the end;
(f) in section 15 (regulations respecting appointment of gamekeepers in Wales), the words from “; and it shall be lawful” to the end;
(g) sections 17 (persons holding certificates may sell game to licensed dealers, etc.) and 18 (justices to hold a special session yearly for granting licences to persons to deal in game, etc.);
(h) sections 21 to 23 (which contain further provisions relating to licences and certificates); and
(i) sections 25 to 29 (which contain provisions relating to licences and the consequences of persons not having licences or game certificates).
3 
The Game Licences Act 1860 is repealed.
4 
Section 4 of the Game Act 1831 (penalty on dealers in game buying, selling or possessing birds of game after 10 days after expiration of season for killing, etc.) is repealed.
5 
After section 3 of the Game Act 1831 (penalty for killing or taking game on certain days and during certain seasons, etc.) insert—“
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(1) If any person—
(a) sells or offers or exposes for sale, or
(b) has in his possession or transports for the purposes of sale,
any bird of game to which this subsection applies, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any bird of game—
(a) which has been taken or killed in circumstances which constitute an offence under any of—
(i) the Night Poaching Act 1828;
(ii) this Act;
(iii) the Poaching Prevention Act 1862; or
(iv) Part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (wildlife); and
(b) which the person concerned knows or has reason to believe has been so taken or killed.”.
6 
The Schedule (which contains consequential repeals, revocations and amendments) has effect.
Joan Ruddock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
12th July 2007
SCHEDULE
Article 6
PART 1
1 
The following are repealed—
(a) the Hares Act 1848;
(b) section 4 of the Ground Game Act 1880 (exemption from game licences);
(c) the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883;
(d) in the first Schedule to the Local Government Act 1888 (local taxation licences), the words “Licences to deal in game” and “Killing game”;
(e) section 27(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 1894 (transfer of certain powers of justices to district councils);
(f) the Finance Act 1908;
(g) the Finance Act 1924;
(h) in the Finance Act 1937, section 5 (repeal of male servant duty, and effect thereof on game licence duty) and the second Schedule (amendments of Game Licences Act 1860);
(i) in section 100 of the Agriculture Act 1947 (supplementary provisions relating to sections ninety-eight and ninety-nine), subsection (4);
(j) in Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1966 (variation of fees for licences, registration etc.), paragraphs 1 and 4, and, in the second column, the reference to the Treasury;
(k) in the Post Office Act 1969, section 134 (issue by local authorities in Great Britain of game licences) and section 135 (remuneration of the Post Office for issuing game licences in England and Wales);
(l) the Game Act 1970;
(m) section 213 of the Local Government Act 1972 (local licence duties);
(n) section 176 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (game licences);
(o) in the Deer Act 1991—
(i) in section 10 (offences relating to sale and purchase etc. of venison), subsections (1) and (2);
(ii) the definition of “licensed game dealer” in section 10(5) and the word “and” following it;
(iii) section 11 (licensed game dealers to keep records); and
(iv) Schedule 3 (form of record to be kept by licensed game dealers);
(p) in Schedule 8 to the Postal Services Act 2000 (amendments of enactments), paragraph 11 (Post Office Act 1969); and
(q) in Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraph 32 (Hares Act 1848).
2 
In the London Government (Public General Acts) Order 1965, article 3 (transfer of certain functions and liabilities of justices out of session in relation to the licensing of dealers in game) is revoked.
3 
In the Fees for Game and Other Licences (Variation) Order 1968, in the Schedule (enactments amended) omit the entries relating to fees specified under the Game Licences Act 1860 and the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1883.
PART 2
4 
The Deer Act 1991 is amended as follows—
(a) in section 13 (forfeitures and disqualifications), in subsection (2)—
(i) for “1, 10 and 11” substitute “1 and 10”; and
(ii) omit paragraph (a) and the word “and” following it;
(b) in section 14 (offences by bodies corporate), for “1, 10 and 11” substitute “1 and 10”; and
(c) in section 15 (orders), in subsection (2), for “2(4), 4(3) and 11(2)” substitute “2(4) and 4(3)”.