{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1963/36",
  "legislation_title": "Deer Act 1963 (Repealed 25.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“ammunition” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1968;\n“deer” means deer of any species and includes the carcase of any deer or any part thereof;\n“firearm” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1968;\n“prohibited article” means any weapon or article (other than a firearm or ammunition) the use of which is prohibited by section 3(1)(b) or (c) of this Act;\n“vehicle” includes an aircraft.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), s. 17(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/36/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:24.308621+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."
}