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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/humane-trapping-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2019/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/humane-trapping-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Wildlife\nMade 27th March 2019\nComing into operation 31st May 2019\nThe Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to wild animals. The Department makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014 No. 1890."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68."
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  "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."
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