The Act – Commentary on Sections Part 4 – Other Wildlife Etc. Section 33 – Protection of badgers
198.Section 33 of the Act amends provisions of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.
199.The 1992 Act provides for five separate offences in relation to badgers: taking, injuring or killing (section 1); cruelty (section 2); interfering with badger setts (section 3); selling and possession of live badgers (section 4) and marking and ringing (section 5).