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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/section-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Variation of SSSI notifications",
  "text": "(1) SNH may, at any time after it has given notice under paragraph 10 of schedule 1 of a decision to confirm an SSSI notification, vary the matters included in the notification by virtue of section 3(4)(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) (whether by adding to them, changing them or removing matter from them) by giving notification to the interested parties.\n(2) The area of the land to which the SSSI notification relates cannot be varied under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in force at 29.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/6/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:36.867450+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."
}