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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-restriction-on-use-of-lead-shot-england-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2102",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-restriction-on-use-of-lead-shot-england-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND\nMade 8th August 2002\nLaid before Parliament 9th August 2002\nComing into force 1st September 2002\nWhereas the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the principal Regulations”) prohibit the use of lead shot (as defined in those Regulations) for the purpose of shooting with a shot gun certain birds or in certain circumstances;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2170."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:50:45.030132+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."
}