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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949",
  "text": "In section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (meaning of “nature reserve”), after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) In subsection (2)(b) the reference to preserving flora or fauna includes enabling or facilitating its recovery or increase.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 15 was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 11 to the 2006 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/228/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:14.346159+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."
}