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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-49",
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  "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/49",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 3",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the 2018 Regulations” means the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018;\n“the forfeiture provisions” means—\n(a)section 21(6) of the WCA 1981 (penalties, forfeitures etc.) ;\n(b) regulation 10(a) and (b) of the 2018 Regulations (forfeiture) ; or\n(c)regulation 128 of these Regulations;\n“the implementation date” means—\n(a)where the relevant State became a member State before 10th June 1994, 10th June 1994, and\n(b)in any other case, the date on which the relevant State became a member State;\n“relevant State” means (as the case may be) the State in whose territory—\n(a)the animal, or part of it, was taken from the wild; or\n(b)the plant, or part of it, was taken in the wild;\n“the sampling provisions” means—\n(a)the following provisions of the WCA 1981—\n(i)section 18C (Group 1 offences and licences: examining specimens and taking samples)\n(ii)section 18E (Group 2 offences: examining specimens and taking samples) ; or\n(iii)section 19XA (constables' powers in connection with samples) ;\n(b) regulation 8(3) and (5) of the 2018 Regulations (powers of entry);\n(c)regulation 119 and 120 of these Regulations; or\n(d)regulation 63(2) of the Offshore Marine Conservation Regulations (powers relating to specimens);\n“the TFEU” means the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 substituted (6.11.2019) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1354), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 substituted (6.11.2019) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1354), regs. 1, 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 49 substituted (6.11.2019) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1354), regs. 1, 6(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 21(6) was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16) (“the 2006 Act”), Schedule 11, paragraph 73(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 18C was inserted by the 2006 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Section 18E was inserted by the 2006 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Section 19XA was inserted by the 2006 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 3, and amended by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), Schedule 26, paragraph 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/49",
    "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."
}