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1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Badger (Control Area) (Wales) Order 2011 and it comes into force on 31 March 2011.
(2) In this Order—
“badger” (“mochyn daear”) means a wild animal belonging to the species Meles meles of the order Carnivore; and
“control area” (“ardal reoli”) means the area, comprising land in the counties of Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, and Carmarthenshire, coloured in red on the map signed on behalf of the Welsh Ministers and dated 7 March 2011 and marked “Badger Control Area 2011”(1).
2. This Order—
(a)applies to the control area;
(b)applies to tuberculosis; and
(c)relates to the species of badger.
3.—(1) An authorised officer may destroy badgers in the control area using one of the methods set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The badgers must be—
(a)trapped in a cage and either—
(i)shot; or
(ii)given a lethal injection; or
(b)shot without being trapped in a cage.
(3) The carcase or part of a carcase of any badger destroyed under this Order is the property of the Welsh Ministers and must not be removed from the land or premises on which the badger was destroyed or in any way disposed of without the authority of the Welsh Ministers.
4. No person may—
(a)take into captivity, harbour, conceal or otherwise protect badgers with intent to prevent their destruction;
(b)in any other way obstruct or interfere with anything which has been, is being or is to be done or used in connection with that destruction; or
(c)aid, abet, counsel or procure another person to commit such an act.
5. The Tuberculosis Eradication (Wales) Order 2009(2) is revoked.
Elin Jones
Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
8 March 2011
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