{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/57",
  "legislation_title": "Badgers Act 1973 (repealed 16.10.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/badgers-act-1973-repealed-16101992",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meaning—\n“ammunition” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1968;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“badger” means any animal of the speciesMeles meles;\n“ badger sett” means any structure or place which displays signs indicating current use by a badger;\n“firearm” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1968;\n“sale” includes hire, barter and exchange and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definitions “area of special protection” and “authorised person” repealed by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), ss. 12, 73, Schs. 7 para. 9(5), 17 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition in s. 11 inserted (25.10.1991) by Badgers Act 1991 (c. 36, SIF 4:5), ss. 5, 6(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definition of “sale” substituted for definition of “local authority” by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), Sch. 7 para. 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27(51:1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/57/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:44.867505+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}