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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "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/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In paragraph 1(k), “metal detector” means any device designed or adapted for detecting or locating any metal or mineral in the ground.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1(q) and (r), activity on any occasion on the part of a person or persons on land is “lawful” if he or they may engage in the activity on the land on that occasion without committing an offence or trespassing on the land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 applied (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with s. 1(2)-(4) of 2002 c. i) by 2002 c. i, ss. 1(2), 11(4)(6)(7), 42 (with ss. 38, 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 19.9.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/2173, art. 2(1)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 28.5.2005 for W. by S.I. 2005/423, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}