{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/51",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Badgers Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Marking and ringing.",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, except as authorised by a licence under section 10 below, he marks, or attaches any ring, tag or other marking device to, a badger other than one which is lawfully in his possession by virtue of such a licence.\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. 5 renumbered as s. 5(1) (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 33(5)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(1)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 5(2) added (S.) (29.6.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 33(5)(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/5",
    "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."
}