# The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, Introduction: Introductory text


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND
Made 8th August 2002
Laid before Parliament 9th August 2002
Coming into force 1st September 2002
Whereas 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;

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2102/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-restriction-on-use-of-lead-shot-england-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.