Certain changes were made to the Act of 91. Badgers Act 1973; or (b) the badger or other thing in his possession or control had been sold (whether to him or any other person) and, at the time of the purchase, the purchaser had had no reason to believe that the badger had been killed in contravention of any of those provisions. The Environmental Protection Act 1990. Badger bait-ing (using dogs to fight badgers) has been outlawed since 1835. This Act consolidates all previous legislation including the Badgers Act 1973 (as amended) and the Badgers (Further Protection) Act 1991. BADGER-TWO MEDICINE PROTECTION ACT SEC. In any case, it has been illegal to keep badgers as pets since the 1973 Badger Act, aside for taking in sick animals for rehabilitation before releasing them back into the wild. If you find a badger in woodland or the countryside unfortunately it is probably best to leave alone as things are more difficult to prove and you could end up being accused of baiting or digging. badger setts. Changes to Legislation. Badgers Act 1973, there shall be added— “ (3) If any person shall interfere with a badger sett by doing any of the following things, that is to say— (a) damaging a badger sett or any part thereof; (b) destroying a badger sett; (c) obstructing access to or any entrance of a badger sett; Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) prohibits the use of certain methods of taking or killing a wild animal and the Powers of Criminal Courts Act (1973) allows any property (including dogs) used to kill, injure or take a badger to be seized. SHORT TITLE. Where badgers pose a problem, licences can be issued to permit certain activities. 57 As already explored in Chap. 2. 1531 et seq.). In fact, with the licensing system operated by Natural England, badgers have far less protection now in 2009 than they did in 1973. There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Badgers Act 1973 (repealed 16.10.1992). This Act may be cited as the “Badger-Two Medicine Protection Act”. AMENDMENTS OF THE DEER ACT 1963, THE CONSERVATION OF SEALS ACT 1970 AND THE BADGERS ACT 1973: 1: Commons: 1981-10-29: Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 57.] 1 Amendment of s. 2 of Badgers Act 1973. (6) SECRETARY—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. SEC. Under the 1992 Act it is an offence to: wilfully kill, injure, take or attempt to kill, injure or take a badger; possess a dead badger or any part of a badger; cruelly ill-treat a badger; At the end of section 2 (Offences of cruelty) of the [1973 c. An attempt was made to consolidate The Badger Act 1973. The only thing to threaten the badger population nowadays is any disease within the species, loss of habitat through agriculture and development or road traffic accidents. Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. 2, the Badgers Act enabled MAFF’s subsequent research and policy programmes. In this Act: ... (iii) carried out to comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. The Badgers Act was passed in July of 1973: bringing together specific protections for badgers with a legal framework for government to licence killing the animals. DEFINITIONS. The Badgers (Further Protection) Act 1991 Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Badger digging was also made illegal in 1973 under the Badger Act. The Badgers Act 1973 afforded limited pro-tection against badger digging, and was finally outlawed in … the badger or other thing in his possession or control has been sold to him or another person and, at the time of the purchase, the purchaser had had no reason to believe that the badger had been killed in contravention of the Act or the Badgers Act 1973. 1.

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