THE GROVND GAME ACT 191 



under the Act. So if an owner in occupation lets his 

 shooting to one person and the grazing to another, he 

 should observe the same precautions. 



Subsection 3 relates to moorlands : 



' In the case of moorlands, and uninclosed lands 

 (not being arable lands), the occupier and the persons 

 authorised by him shall exercise the rights conferred 

 by this section only from the eleventh day of 

 December in one year until the thirty-first day of 

 March in the next year, both inclusive; but this 

 provision shall not apply to detached portions of 

 moorlands or uninclosed lands adjoining arable 

 lands, where such detached portions of moorlands 

 or uninclosed lands are less than twenty-five acres in 

 extent' 



This clause applies more especially to grouse 

 moors on which the occupier's right to kill hares and 

 rabbits is limited to about four months in the year 

 (unless the occupier happens to be the owner in 

 possession), namely, from the last day of grouse 

 shooting until the beginning of the nesting season. 

 But on small outlying patches of moorland holding 

 rabbits which might do damage on adjoining arable 

 land, the ' occupier ' is empowered to kill ground 

 game all the year round. 



Whether a farmer who has the grazing of moorland 



