Section 126

The appropriate authority may— issue a code of practice in connection with any of the provisions of regulations 114, 116, 120, 121, 124 and 125; and revise or replace such a code. In discharging any function under the regulations specified in paragraph (1)(a)— a wildlife inspector authorised by the Secretary of State must have regard to any relevant provision of a code issued by the Secretary of State; a wildlife inspector authorised by the Welsh Ministers must have regard to any relevant provision of a code issued by them. But a wildlife inspector's failure to have regard to any provision of a code does not make that inspector liable to criminal or civil proceedings. A code— is admissible in evidence in any proceedings; and must be taken into account by any court in any case in which it appears to the court to be relevant.

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