Hunting Act 2004
The Hunting Act 2004 (c 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act is to outlaw hunting with dogs (particularly fox hunting, but also the hunting of deer, hares and mink and organised hare coursing) in England and Wales from 18 February 2005. The pursuit of foxes with hounds was banned in Scotland two years earlier under legislation of the devolved Scottish Parliament, while it remains legal in Northern Ireland.
Read more about Hunting Act 2004: Background, Royal Assent, Challenges, Enforcement, Sentence, What The Law Stops: The Exemption/loophole Issue, Section 15 - Commencement, The Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act
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