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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-36",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
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  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "GB functions with respect to wildlife",
  "text": "(1) The GB conservation bodies have the functions described in subsection (2), but those functions may be discharged only through the joint committee.\n(2) The functions are—\n(a) those under sections 22(3) and 24(1) of the 1981 Act (listing of protected animals and plants);\n(b) commissioning or supporting (whether by financial means or otherwise) research which the joint committee thinks is relevant to those functions.\n(3) “The 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/36",
    "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."
}