{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/407",
  "legislation_title": "Game Preservation (Special Protection for Irish Hares) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/game-preservation-special-protection-for-irish-hares-order-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "GAME\nMade 2nd October 2008\nComing into operation 1st November 2008\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7C(1) and 7F(1) and (2) of the Game Preservation Act (Northern Ireland) 1928;\nThis Order, so far as section 7C(1) of that Act applies to it, is made with a view to providing special protection for Irish Hares;\nIn accordance with section 7F(5) of that Act the Department of the Environment has caused a notice of the proposal to make an order to be published and taken into consideration the objections duly lodged in accordance with the notice;\nAccordingly the Department makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1928 c.25 (N.I.) as amended by s. 3 of 1951 c. 4 (N.I)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1972 No. 252; S.R. &O (N.I.) 1973 No. 504 Art. 7; S.I. 1976/424 (N.I.6) Art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/407/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:35.002370+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."
}