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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-wildlife-penalties-protections-and-powers-scotland-act-2020/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-wildlife-penalties-protections-and-powers-scotland-act-2020/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/14",
  "legislation_title": "Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-and-wildlife-penalties-protections-and-powers-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Disposal orders where animals taken: restriction of application",
  "text": "In section 34 (disposal orders where animals taken) of the 2006 Act—\n(a) in subsection (4), before “or” where it appears at the end of paragraph (d) insert—\n“(da) an authorised person (as defined in section 32A) who does not fall within paragraphs (b) to (d),”,\n(b) after that subsection insert—\n“(4A) A person mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (da) of subsection (4) may only make an application for an order under subsection (1) if a decision notice cannot be served under section 32C(2).”,\n(c) in subsection (5)(a), after “(c)” insert “ , (da) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 in force at 30.9.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/303, reg. 2(e) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/14/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:44.699143+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}