{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-restriction-on-use-of-lead-shot-england-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2512",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-restriction-on-use-of-lead-shot-england-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made to correct errors in S.I. 2002/2102 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument\nENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND\nMade 29th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 30th September 2003\nComing into force 31st October 2003\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;\nNow therefore the Secretary of State—\n(a) having, in accordance with section 140(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990—\n(i) consulted the committee established under section 140(5) of that Act;\n(ii) published a notice in the London Gazette; and\n(iii) considered the representations made to her in accordance with that notice; and\n(b) considering it appropriate to make these Regulations for the purpose of preventing the substance or article specified in the principal Regulations (namely lead shot) from causing pollution of the environment and harm to the health of animals;\nin exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 140 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2170, Schedules 1 and 2 to which were amended by S.I. 2002/2102."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/1487, which established the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2512/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:57:38.959873+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."
}