{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/schedule-12/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/schedule-12/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/37",
  "legislation_title": "Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 9 of that Act (protection of certain wild animals)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) after that subsection there is inserted—\n“(4A) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person intentionally or recklessly disturbs any wild animal included in Schedule 5 as—\n(a) a dolphin or whale (cetacea), or\n(b) a basking shark (cetorhinus maximus),\nhe shall be guilty of an offence.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 5(a) omitted (21.8.2007) by virtue of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1843), regs. 2(1), 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/schedule/12/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:34.149457+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."
}