{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-wild-animals-act-1976-modification-scotland-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (Modification) (Scotland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-wild-animals-act-1976-modification-scotland-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nDANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS\nMade 9th September 2008\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th September 2008\nComing into force 1st October 2008\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with that section the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the scope of that Act should be both extended so as to include animals of a kind not for the time being specified in the Schedule to that Act and diminished so as to exclude animals of a kind for the time being specified in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 38. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/302/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:05:34.933781+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."
}