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    The Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was passed to protect game birds by establishing a close...
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    the UK game is defined in law by the Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32). It is illegal to shoot game on Sundays or at night. Other non-game birds that...
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    deer, rabbits, pheasants, and partridges. Game laws such as the British Night Poaching Act 1828 and Game Act 1831, both still in force in modified form,...
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    Wales is the Game Act 1831 (and in Northern Ireland, the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985). Not all game (as defined by the 1831 act) have the same...
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  • Poaching Act 1828 and Night Poaching Act 1844 Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32) Game Licences Act 1860 Poaching Prevention Act 1862 Ground Game Act 1880...
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    Scottish Act permits this to be done to protect game birds; with respect to flushing foxes below ground to guns to shoot them, only the Scottish Act permits...
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  • felonious act". It was followed by the Night Poaching Acts 1828 and 1844, the Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32), and the Poaching Prevention Act 1862,...
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    by the Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32) are not authorised by a notice under the Agriculture Act 1947. As of 2023[update] the Game Act 1831 remains...
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  • Poaching Act 1828, forbids poaching by night, still in force; introduces penal transportation as a penalty for poaching. 1831: The Game Act 1831 (1 & 2...
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    The open season in the UK is from 1 October to 1 February, under the Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 32). Generally they are shot by “guns” employing...
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