Legislation

The Protection of Badgers Act 1992 makes it illegal to do any of the following:

• Wilfully, injure or take, or attempt to kill, injure or take, a badger.
• Possess any dead badger or any part of, or anything derived from, a dead badger.
• Be cruel to or ill-treat a badger.
• Use any badger tongs in the course of killing or taking, or attempting to kill or take, a badger.
• Dig for a badger.
• Damage a badger sett or any part of it.
• Destroy a badger sett.
• Obstruct access to, or any entrance of, a badger sett.
• Cause a dog to enter a badger sett.
• Disturb a badger when it is occupying a badger sett.
• Sell or offer for sale a live badger, or be in possession of a live badger.

The full document can be found here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/51/pdfs/ukpga_19920051_en.pdf.