# The Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011, Article 1: Title, commencement and interpretation


(1) The title of this Order is the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011 and it comes into force on 31 March 2011.
(2) In this Order—
“badger” (“mochyn daear”) means a wild animal belonging to the species Meles meles of the order Carnivore; and
“control area” (“ardal reoli”) means the area, comprising land in the counties of Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, and Carmarthenshire, coloured in red on the map signed on behalf of the Welsh Ministers and dated 7 March 2011 and marked “Badger Control Area 2011”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/693/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/badger-control-area-wales-order-2011/article-1
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