{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/easington-lagoons-area-of-special-protection-order-1987/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/easington-lagoons-area-of-special-protection-order-1987/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1163",
  "legislation_title": "The Easington Lagoons (Area of Special Protection) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/easington-lagoons-area-of-special-protection-order-1987",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of the Act, any person who, within the Easington Lagoons Area of Special Protection, at any time intentionally—\n(i) kills, injures or takes any Little Tern;\n(ii) takes, damages or destroys the nest of such a bird while that nest is in use or being built;\n(iii) takes or destroys an egg of such a bird;\n(iv) disturbs such a bird while it is building a nest or is in, on or near a nest containing eggs or young; or\n(v) disturbs dependent young of such a bird,\nshall be guilty of an offence under section 3 of the Act and liable to a special penalty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1163/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:24:18.650211+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."
}