{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/51",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Badgers Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-badgers-act-1992",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Exceptions from s. 4.",
  "text": "A person is not guilty of an offence under section 4 above by reason of having a live badger in his possession or under his control if—\n(a) it is in his possession or under his control, as the case may be, in the course of his business as a carrier; or\n(b) it has been disabled otherwise than by his unlawful act and taken by him solely for the purpose of tending it and releasing it when no longer disabled and it is necessary for that purpose for it to remain in his possession or under his control, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in S. 9(b) inserted (S.) (1.10.2004) by Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), s. 59(2), Sch. 6 para. 26(6)(a); S.S.I. 2004/407, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in S. 9(b) inserted (S.) (1.10.2004) by Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), s. 59(2), Sch. 6 para. 26(6)(b); S.S.I. 2004/407, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/section/9",
    "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."
}