{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Authorisation for use of vehicles to drive deer",
  "text": "(1) Section 19 of the 1996 Act (use of vehicles to drive deer) is modified as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) after “owner”, insert “or occupier”,\n(b) for “him”, substitute “the owner or occupier”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 59(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 26.10.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/275, reg. 2(r)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/6/section/31",
    "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."
}