{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1991/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1991/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/54",
  "legislation_title": "Deer Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1991",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—\n“ammunition” and “firearm” have 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“species” includes any hybrid of different species of deer\n“vehicle” includes an aircraft, hovercraft or boat; and\n“venison” includes imported venison and means—\n(a) any carcase of a deer, or\n(b) any edible part of the carcase of a deer,\nwhich has not been cooked or canned.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 16 inserted (1.10.2007) by The Regulatory Reform (Deer) (England and Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2183), arts. 1(1), 5(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/54/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:54.668221+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."
}