Numbers of offences under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992: EIR release
Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
Information requested
You asked for details of the number of persons who have been tried, successfully or otherwise, and/or convicted of offences covered by the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 as amended by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011.
Response
We are able to provide the information that you have requested, covering the period from 2008-09 and 2017-18, in the attached table.
We do not hold any information on proceedings and convictions made under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 prior to these dates.
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
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Edinburgh
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