{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/51",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Badgers Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Selling and possession of live badgers.",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, he sells a live badger or offers one for sale or has a live badger in his possession or under his control.\n(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, except as permitted by or under this Act, the person knowingly causes or permits to be done an act which is made unlawful by subsection (1) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4 renumbered as s. 4(1) (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 33(4)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(2) added (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 33(4)(b), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(m)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:35.665494+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."
}