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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-40",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/380",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
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  "heading": "Licences: supplementary provisions",
  "text": "(1) A licence under regulation 39—\n(a) may be, to any degree, general or specific;\n(b) may be granted either to persons of a class or to a particular person; and\n(c) may be subject to compliance with any specified conditions.\n(2) For the purposes of a licence under regulation 39 the definition of a class of persons may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatever including, in particular, their being authorised by any other person.\n(3) A licence under regulation 39 may be modified or revoked at any time by the Department; but otherwise shall be valid for the period stated in the licence.\n(4) A licence under regulation 39 which authorises any person to kill wild animals—\n(a) shall specify—\n(i) the species of wild animals which may be killed and the person authorised to kill them; and\n(ii) the area within which and the methods by which the wild animals may be killed; and\n(b) shall not be granted for a period of more than two years.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2019/582",
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    },
    {
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      "affecting": "nisr/2007/345",
      "affecting_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007"
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    {
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      "affecting": "nisr/2007/345",
      "affecting_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007"
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  "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."
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