{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Measures to prevent damage by deer",
  "text": "(1) The 1996 Act is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 10 (emergency measures to prevent damage by deer)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) in paragraph (a)(i), after “to” where it first occurs insert “the natural heritage, environment,”,\n(ii) paragraph (b) is repealed,\n(b) in subsection (4), after “opinion is” insert “fit and”.\n(3) Section 11 (application of section 10 in relation to the natural heritage) is repealed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 59(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 21 in force at 26.10.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/275, reg. 2(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/6/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:47.457481+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."
}