The Deer Act 1980 (c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It came into operation in November 1980, and has since been fully repealed by the Deer Act 1991.
The main effect of the act was to put measures in place to prevent the poaching of deer and control the sale of venison. It amended the Deer Act 1963.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 17(6) of, and schedule 4 to, the Deer Act 1991, which came into force on 25 October 1991.
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Whitaker's Almanack: for the year 1982, complete edition, p. 361. J. Whitaker & Sons, London, 1981 Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993.
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