{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-126",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-126.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1012",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/126",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "126",
  "heading": "Codes of practice",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate authority may—\n(a) issue a code of practice in connection with any of the provisions of regulations 114, 116, 120, 121, 124 and 125; and\n(b) revise or replace such a code.\n(2) In discharging any function under the regulations specified in paragraph (1)(a)—\n(a) a wildlife inspector authorised by the Secretary of State must have regard to any relevant provision of a code issued by the Secretary of State;\n(b) a wildlife inspector authorised by the Welsh Ministers must have regard to any relevant provision of a code issued by them.\n(3) But a wildlife inspector's failure to have regard to any provision of a code does not make that inspector liable to criminal or civil proceedings.\n(4) A code—\n(a) is admissible in evidence in any proceedings; and\n(b) must be taken into account by any court in any case in which it appears to the court to be relevant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/126",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:21.486081+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."
}