Note:
The following abbreviations are used in this Table:—
| Section of Act | Derivation |
| 1973 | = The Badgers Act 1973 (c.57) |
| 1975 | = The Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975 (c.48) |
| 1981 | = The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c.69) |
| 1985 | = The Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 (c.31) |
| 1986 | = The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c.14) |
| 1990 | = The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) |
| 1991 (S) | = The Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.28) |
| 1991 (FP) | = The Badgers (Further Protection) Act 1991 (1991 c.35) |
| 1991 | = The Badgers Act 1991 (1991 c.36) |
| 1(1) | 1973 s.1(1); 1985 s.1(1)(a) |
| (2) | 1973 s.1(1A); 1985 s.1(1)(b) |
| (3) | 1973 s.1(2); 1981, Sch.7, para 8 |
| (4) | 1973 s.1(3); 1981, Sch.7, para 8 |
| (5) | 1973 s.5 |
| 2(1) | 1973 s.2(1); 1981, Sch.7, para 9(2); 1985 s.1(2)(a) |
| (2) | 1973 s.2(2); 1985 s.1(2)(b) |
| 3 | 1973 s.2(3); 1991 s.1 |
| 4 | 1973 s.3 |
| 5 | 1973 s.4 |
| 6 | 1973 s.8(1), (3); 1986, Sch.3, para 9 |
| 7 | 1973 s.8(1A), (1B); 1981, Sch.7, para 10(1) |
| 8(1), (2) | 1973 s.8(1A), (1B); 1981, Sch.7, para 10(1); 1991 s.2(1) |
| (3) | 1973 s.8(4); 1991 s.2(2) |
| (4) to (9) | 1973 s.8(5), (6); 1991 s.3 |
| 9 | 1973 s.8(2) (s.8(2)(a) spent); s.8(2)(c) rep. 1981, Sch.7, para 9(4), Sch.17, Part II) |
| 10(1)(a) | 1973 s.9(1)(a), (2)(a); 1991 s.4(a); 1991(S) Sch.2, para.5(2) |
| (b) | 1973 s.9(1)(b), (2)(a) |
| (c) | 1973 s.9(1)(c), (2)(a) |
| (d) | 1973 s.9(1)(f), (2)(a); 1991 s.4 (d), (e) |
| (e) | 1973 s.9(1)(j), (2)(a); 1991 s.4(d), (e) |
| (f) | 1973 s.9(1)(i), (2)(a); 1991 s.4(d), (e) |
| (2)(a) | 1973 s.9(1)(d), (2)(b); 1991 s.4(b) |
| (b) | 1973 s.9(1)(e), (2)(b); 1981, Sch.7, para 10(2), (3); 1991 s.4(c) |
| (c) | 1973 s.9(1)(g), (2)(b); 1991 s.4(d), (f) |
| (d) | 1973 s.9(1)(h), (2)(b); 1991 s.4(d), (f) |
| (3) | 1973 s.9(1)(k), (2)(c); 1991 s.4(d), (g) |
| (4) | 1973 s.9(2)(a); 1990, Sch.9, para 6(2); 1991(S), Sch.2, para 5(2) |
| (5) | 1973 s.9(2)(b); The Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272) |
| (6), (7) | 1973 s.9(4),(4A); 1981, Sch.7, para 10(4); 1990, Sch.9, para 6(3); 1991(S), Sch.2, para 5(3); 1991 s.4(h) |
| (8) | 1973 s.9(3) |
| (9) | 1973 s.9(6); 1991 s.4(i) |
| (10) | 1973 s.9(4); 1975 s.16 (saved by 1981 s.73(4)) |
| 11 | 1973 s.10(1); 1981, Sch.7, para 11(1) (s.10(1)(b) repealed (E&W) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60), Sch.7, Part I) |
| 12(1), (2), (3) | 1973 s.10(2); 1981, Sch.7, para 11(2); Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48) s.46; Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21) s.289G; Criminal Justice Act 1991 s.26(3); S.I. 1991/2208 art 2(3); S.I. 1991/2706 art.2(2); 1991(FP) s.1(7) |
| (4) | 1973 s.10(3) |
| 13 | 1991 (FP) s.1 |
| 14 | 1973 s.11; 1981, Sch.7, para 12; 1991 s.5 |
| 15(1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) | |
| (4) | 1973 s.12(2); 1991 (FP) s.2(4) |