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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/28",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-heritage-scotland-act-1991",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may, by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or for different purposes.\n(3) An order under subsection (2) above may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient in connection with the provision brought into force by the order.\n(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, this Act extends to Scotland only.\n(5) Section 4(2) and (4) of this Act and so much of sections 4(10) and 27 of and Schedules 2, 10 and 11 to this Act as relates to enactments extending to England and Wales shall extend also to England and Wales.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 wholly in force at 27.11.1991 see s. 28(2) and S.I. 1991/2633, art. 3, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 28(2):S. 28(2) power exercised by S.I. 1991/2187S. 28(2):S. 28(2) power exercised by S.I. 1991/2633"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/28/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:38:06.442555+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."
}