{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-amendment-scotland-act-1982-repealed-18111996/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-amendment-scotland-act-1982-repealed-18111996/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/19",
  "legislation_title": "Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982 (repealed 18.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-amendment-scotland-act-1982-repealed-18111996",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Deer (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1982.\n(2) With the exception of section 15(1) of this Act insofar as it refers to paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to this Act and that paragraph, which extend to England and Wales only, this Act extends only to Scotland.\n(3) This Act except the provisions mentioned in subsection (4) below shall come into force one month after it is passed.\n(4) Section 11 of this Act and the repeal in Schedule 3 to this Act of the Sale of Venison (Scotland) Act 1968 shall come into force at such date as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe, and different orders may be made in respect of different provisions.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 16(4) fully exercised: whole Act in force 1.1.1985 by Commencement Order made 27.6.1984 (not a Statutory Instrument)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/19/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:16.673535+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."
}