Every singe one of them is guilty, they were planning terrorist activities M'Lud.
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Every singe one of them is guilty, they were planning terrorist activities M'Lud.
I can help you with what is an offence. Theft Act 1968 S4(3) states:
A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land, or who picks flowers,
fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land, does not (although not in possession
of the land) steal what he picks, unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial
purpose.
For purposes of this subsection ‘mushroom’ includes any fungus, and ‘plant’ includes any
shrub or tree.
So Tommy commits an offence under the theft act. However, there may be offences under the Countryside Act as has been mentioned above.
Martin
for picking a tulip from a flower bed in town and eating it
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On the way to the forest SAM sees some daisy flowers growing on persons garden and goes to pick them up. She is stopped in her tracks when a dog starts barking so she changes her mind.
Is there a marked boundary to the garden? And are the flowers over hanging said boundary? But even if the flowers overhang the landowner has ownership of the plants. You could cut them on the outside of the boundary but you must offer the landowner first dibbs on the off-cuts.
Meanwhile MARY is picking dandelions from the side of the road and intends to use them to make wine for her Mother.
The verge may well belong to the council and thus the removal of growth is not permited without prior permission but I doubt the Police or anyone else would fuss over a matter such as this. I'd be more worried about consumption of the heavy metals & particulates coating the flowers.
TOMMY is looking for leaves and acorns on the grass surrounding the road
I think you can freely collect acorns? And 2009 or thereabout is a 'Mast Year' for Oaks.
and RICHARD has just uprooted a wild daffodil which he intends to plant in his garden at home.
Wild Daffs though becoming more rare are not presently on the 'Wild Flowers' protected list.
They enjoy a walk around the forest and on the way back, TOMMY decides to pick wild mushrooms which he intends to exchange half of them to his next door neighbor for some collectors stickers.
Don't know but should imagine you'd be ok on this one. Unless the forest is owned and or is in an area of protection. In which case, you would need special permossion to forage within said area. Will he have to declare his barter?
Blimey, that was a heavy duty crime, worth bringing the full force of the law onto the culprit..
I wonder how many answers the officers are giving on the police site? They should be up on it, because they are supposed to know enough of the laws to be able to discerne what is and what isn't not illegal and therefore what and what not to act on?
It's lovely to see how quickly people can turn things into a bashing thread
Found a kind of interesting link.
The link has other links to sites like English Heritage's best practice guidelines for collecting fungi, that kind of thing.
cheers,
Toddy