{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/368",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
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  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "text": "Regulation 2 (interpretation and application), paragraph 2, is amended as follows—\n(a) after the definition of “destroy” insert—\n““the Directives” means the Habitats Directive and the Wild Birds Directive, as defined in paragraph 2A;”;\n(b) after the definition of “the Wild Birds Directive” insert—\n““wild birds” means all species of naturally occurring birds in the wild and includes their eggs, nests and habitats”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/368/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:13:41.630598+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."
}