Badgers Act 1991

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1991 c. 36
Year1991
  • At the end of section 2 (Offences of cruelty) of the
  • damaging a badger sett or any part thereof;destroying a badger sett;obstructing access to or any entrance of a badger sett;causing a dog to enter a badger sett; ordisturbing a badger when it is occupying a badger sett,after the words “under section 1(1) ” there shall be inserted “ or 2(3) ”; andafter paragraph (b) there shall be inserted
      or
    • (c) the interfering with any badger sett,
    .
    the interfering with any badger sett,(2) At the end of section 8 of the Badgers Act 1973 there shall be added—
    • “(4) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 2 (3) (a) , (c) or (e) of this Act if he shows that his action was the incidental result of a lawful operation and could not reasonably have been avoided.
    A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 2 (3) (a) , (c) or (e) of this Act if he shows that his action was the incidental result of a lawful operation and could not reasonably have been avoided.
  • In Section 8 (General exceptions) of the
  • untainted straw or hay, or leaf-litter, or bracken, or loose soil placed in the entrances on the day of the hunt, or after midday of the day preceding the day of the hunt, ora bundle of sticks or faggots, or paper sacks either empty or filled with untainted straw, or hay, or leaf-litter, or bracken, or loose soil, placed in the entrances on the day of the hunt and removed the same day,A person shall not be guilty of an offence under section 2(3) (a) or (c) or (e) of this Act by reason of his hounds marking at a badger sett, provided they are withdrawn as soon as reasonably practicable.(a) in subsection (1) (a) , at the end, there shall be added “ or to interfere with any badger sett within the said area by means so specified ”;(b) in subsection (1) (d) after the words “to kill or take badgers” there shall be inserted “ or to interfere with a badger sett ”;(c) in subsection (1) (e) after the words “kill or take badgers” there shall be inserted “ or to interfere with a badger sett ”;(d) after subsection (1) (e) there shall be inserted—
    • (f) for the purpose of any development as defined in section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, as respects Scotland, section 19(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972...
    for the purpose of any development as defined in section 55(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or, as respects Scotland, section 19(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

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