{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2172",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Wildlife, England And Wales\nCountryside, England And Wales\nMade 12th August 2008\nLaid before Parliament 20th August 2008\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 20th August 2008\nComing into force 1st October 2008\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.\nThe Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.\nThese Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State, in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/248. The functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by means of that Order are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2172/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:31.197438+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."
}