Night Poaching Act 1828 Explained

Short Title:	Night Poaching Act 1828^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Persons going armed by Night for the Destruction of Game.
Citation:	9 Geo. 4. c. 69
Royal Assent:	19 July 1828
Amendments:	Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971
Status:	amended
Original Text:	http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1828/pdf/ukpga_18280069_en.pdf
Use New Uk-Leg:	yes

The Night Poaching Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 69) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom still in effect in the 21st century. It forbids night poaching, especially taking or destroying game on lands, etc., by night, or entering lands at night to take or destroy game.

For the purposes of this Act the word 'game' is deemed to include hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, and bustards.

The Act – in particular, its original provisions for transportation to colonies such as Tasmania – made headlines in 2007, when two rabbit poachers were convicted and fined under it before magistrates at Hereford.^[2]

See also

• Game Act 1831

External links

• • Text of the Act as originally enacted The Statutes At Large, 1828 (from Google Books)

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. Web site: Rabbit poachers' old law reprieve . 7 December 2007 . 16 August 2009 . BBC News.