{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-england-order-1993/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-england-order-1993/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2876",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Seals (England) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-england-order-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order prohibits for three years with effect from 19th December 1993 the killing, injuring or taking of grey seals and common seals in counties of England bordering the North Sea and adjacent territorial waters. The Conservation of Seals (England) (No.2) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2500) ceases to have effect on that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2876/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:46:51.944343+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."
}