Very good question but as Rainboe says not really an R&N thread.
Not a question I would attempt to answer with any accuracy but I'm sure Flying Lawyer will give you the best advice available!
FWIW it appears to be the case that nobody actually knows what will happen until such time as the CPS decide to pursue a prosecution under the act, and if they do clearly it will be a matter for the Courts to decide.
I've no doubt however that the decision in first instance will go to the Court of Appeal and then probably the House of Lords, which is what usually happens when no one knows what the law is.
Not surprising that the Lords ruled against the hunting lobby's specious argument that the Parliament Acts are invalid, however. They were never going to win on that.
Last edited by Wedge; 3rd February 2005 at 22:32.