{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1970/30",
  "legislation_title": "Conservation of Seals Act 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-act-1970",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Prohibited methods of killing seals.",
  "text": "A person commits an offence if the person intentionally or recklessly kills, injures or takes a seal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1 substituted (1.3.2021) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(5), Sch. 9 para. 2 (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/30/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:10.851947+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."
}