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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/section-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2004/6",
  "legislation_title": "Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Duty to further the conservation of biodiversity",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of every public body and office-holder, in exercising any functions, to further the conservation of biodiversity so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of those functions.\n(2) In complying with the duty imposed by subsection (1) a body or office-holder must have regard to—\n(a) any strategy designated under section 2(1), and\n(b) the United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 5 June 1992 as amended from time to time (or any United Nations Convention replacing that Convention).",
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      "text": "S. 1 modified (31.10.2009) by Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12), ss. 59(4), 100(2) (with s. 95); S.S.I. 2009/341, art. 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 29.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2"
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  "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."
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