{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1967/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1967/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/46",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Birds Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-birds-act-1967",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extension of protection for eggs of common wild birds",
  "text": "The power of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the principal Act to prescribe common wild birds whose eggs may be taken or destroyed without contravening section 1 of that Act shall cease; and, accordingly, in subsection (4)(a) of the said section 2 the words from \" or of any other common wild bird \" to the end are hereby repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/46/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:21.865188+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."
}