{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/523",
  "legislation_title": "Game Preservation (Special Protection for Irish Hares) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order prohibits a person from killing, taking, selling or purchasing Irish hares during the period outlined in Article 2.\nAny person who acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of the Order shall be guilty of an offence under section 7F(6) of the Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/523/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:54:52.947076+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."
}