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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-3",
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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": "schedule/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Excluded populations of certain species",
  "text": "1 The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names must not be taken into account.\n2 A copy of this Finnish Act can be obtained from the Wildlife Management Team, Natural Environment Policy Directorate, Defra, Horizon House, Deanery Road, Bristol BS1 5AH.\n(1)Common name1\n(2)Scientific name\n(3) Excluded countries and areas\nBeaver, Eurasian\nCastor fiber\nEstonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden\nHamster, Common (or Black bellied)\nCricetus cricetus\nHungary\nLynx, Eurasian\nLynx lynx\nEstonia\nViper, Seoane's\nVipera seoanni\nSpain\nWolf, Grey\nCanis lupus\nBulgaria, Estonia, Greece north of the 39th parallel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Spain north of the River Duero, and the reindeer management area in Finland as defined in paragraph 2 of Finnish Act No. 848/90 of 14th September 1990 on reindeer management2",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/schedule/3",
    "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."
}