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Written Question · S3W-25225 · Session 3

Whether it intends to make compulsory the fitting of ID tags on snares allowing the operators to be identified and, if so, how the operator…

Answered Asked by Elaine Murray Lab Lodged 24 Jun 2009

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make compulsory the fitting of ID tags on snares allowing the operators to be identified and, if so, how the operators of snares without ID tags will be identified and prosecuted.

The answer

Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 Jul 2009 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

The Scottish Government intends to make ID tags on snares compulsory. It will be the responsibility of individual police forces to determine how to investigate any contraventions of the law.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-25225 by reference.