{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1985/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Sales and purchases, etc., of venison",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) If any person sells or offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession or transports or causes to be transported for the purpose of sale at any premises, or purchases or offers to purchase or receives, any venison which comes from a deer—\n(a) which has been killed or taken in circumstances which constitute an offence under Part II or under this Part; and\n(b) which he knows or has reason to believe to have been so killed or taken,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence.\n(3) In this Article\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“venison” means the carcase, or any edible part of the carcase, of a deer, and includes imported venison, but not canned or cooked venison.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 23(1) repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 36(4), 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 23(3): definition of \"prohibited period\" repealed (17.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 15), ss. 39(2), 40(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 2; S.R. 2011/285, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/171/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:57.714070+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."
}