You couldn’t make it up - The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Executive said there are now new rules to bring Scotland into line with existing European regulations, designed to protect vulnerable species.
They require anyone who owns any part of a protected animal to obtain a licence the penalty is a maximum fine of £5,000 and/or six months in prison.
It seems that Kilt wearers would be liable to prosecution under the regulations, if they were in possession of an unlicensed sporran.
Best place to keep the licence would presumably be your sporran as they would presumably be most likely to be asked to produce it when actually wearing it.
"Is that a licence in your sporran, or are you just glad to see me?" ;-) Hat tip to Mae West.
The legislation applies to animals killed after 1994.
So how could you prove how old your sporran was - and more to the point, exactly how much will the licence cost…
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