{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-47.json",
  "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": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Protection for nests of certain birds which re-use their nests",
  "text": "(1) Amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (protection of wild birds, their nests and eggs), in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) takes, damages or destroys the nest of a wild bird included in Schedule ZA1;”.\n(3) At the beginning of the Schedules insert—\n“SCHEDULE ZA1\nBirds which re-use their nests\nNOTE: The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.\nCommon name\nScientific name\nEagle, Golden\nAquila chrysaetos\nEagle, White-tailed\nHaliaetus albicilla\nOsprey\nPandion haliaetus\n”\n(4) In—\n(a) section 4 (exceptions to sections 1 and 3), in subsection (1)(c), and\n(b) section 7 (registration etc. of certain captive birds), in subsection (3A)(a)(i) and (c)(i),\nafter “Schedule” insert “ ZA1 or ”.\n(5) In section 22 (power to vary Schedules), in subsection (1), for “Schedules 1 to 4” substitute “ Schedules ZA1 to 4 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 47 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/47",
    "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."
}