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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Management authority and scientific authority",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Principal Regulation and the Subsidiary Regulation, the management authority is the Secretary of State.\n(2) For the purposes of the Principal Regulation and the Subsidiary Regulation, the Secretary of State may designate one or more persons as a scientific authority.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/703/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:55.507599+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."
}