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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The enforcement provisions relating to Group 1 offences and Group 1 licences apply for the purposes of the 1970 Act as if—\n(a) United Kingdom Research and Innovation were required to be consulted about any authorisation of a person to exercise the powers of a wildlife inspector for the purposes of the 1970 Act,\n(b) any reference to a Group 1 offence were a reference to any offence under the 1970 Act,\n(c) any reference to a Group 1 licence were a reference to a licence under section 10 of the 1970 Act, and\n(d) the power to take a sample from a specimen did not include any power to take a sample from a live seal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 9(a) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 12 para. 20; S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(t) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 9 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/schedule/5/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}