Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: business and regulatory impact assessment
Estimates the costs, benefits and risks of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It also considers how the Bill adheres to the five principles of better regulation: transparency, accountability, proportionality, consistency and targeted where appropriate.
15. Enforcement, Sanctions and Monitoring
Police Scotland will enforce the provisions in the Bill relating to wildlife offences, respond to complaints by the public and report cases to the COPFS in the same way as they do in relation to other criminal offences.
NatureScot will monitor compliance with licensing conditions in-line with the approach they take to the other licensing schemes administered by them.
The Bill contains an order making power to enable Scottish Ministers to extend the powers of inspectors authorised under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to investigate relevant offences relating to wild animals as set out in Part 1 of the Bill and Part 1 of the 1981 Act, should they deem it appropriate to do so.
If a decision is made to extend the powers of the Scottish SPCA to investigate wildlife crime then the Scottish Government will bring forward further provisions by amendment at Stage 2, then the associated costs to business will be examined.
If provisions are introduced to ban the sale of glue traps these will be monitored and enforce by Local Authority Trading Standards officers.
Contact
Email: philippa.james@gov.scot
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