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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-scotland-order-2002/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/404",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Seals (Scotland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-seals-scotland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition on killing, injuring or taking of seals",
  "text": "The killing, injuring or taking of seals of the species known as Halichoerus grypus (grey seals) is prohibited in that part of the territorial waters adjacent to Scotland which are situated to the west of a line drawn between the point on the mainland at 57°43'North latitude and 3°16'West longitude and the point on the mainland at 58°15'North latitude and 3°25'West longitude.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/404/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:40:01.292674+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."
}