What UK Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c.51): Protection of Badgers and Setts requires
The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c. 51) consolidates the law protecting badgers and their setts in England, Wales, and Scotland, administered through the courts and the licensing authorities and enforced by the police. Section 1 makes it an offence wilfully to kill, injure, or take a badger, or to attempt to do so, and to possess a dead badger or any part of one. Section 2 creates offences of cruelty, including ill-treating a badger, digging for a badger, and using badger tongs. Section 3 makes it an offence to interfere with a badger sett by damaging or destroying it, obstructing access to it, or disturbing a badger occupying it. Section 4 prohibits the sale and possession of live badgers, and section 5 regulates the marking and ringing of badgers under licence. Section 6 provides general exceptions, section 7 provides exceptions from section 1, and section 8 provides exceptions from section 3, including for the prevention of serious damage and disease control. Section 10 confers power to grant licences for otherwise prohibited acts, section 11 confers powers of constables to stop, search, and arrest, and section 12 sets the penalties and forfeiture on conviction. Section 13 provides for the powers of the court where a dog was used or present at the commission of an offence. The Act is the foundational badger protection regime.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) / Natural England · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/contents
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- Protection of Badgers Act 1992, section 1 - taking, injuring or killing badgers.
- Protection of Badgers Act 1992, section 2 - cruelty.
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