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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Part “the enforcement provisions of the 1981 Act relating to Group 1 offences and Group 1 licences” means the following provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)—\n(a) section 18A (power to authorise persons to act as wildlife inspectors);\n(b) section 18B (power of wildlife inspector to enter premises);\n(c) section 18C (power to examine specimens and take samples);\n(d) section 18F (restrictions on taking samples from live specimens);\n(da) section 19XB(1) and (4) (offences in connection with enforcement powers);\n(e) section 21(4AA) to (4C) (penalties for obstructing etc. wildlife inspectors).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 7(da) inserted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 26 para. 80; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 48(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 7 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/schedule/5/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:48.014805+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."
}