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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wild-mammals-scotland-act-2002-repealed/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/6",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-wild-mammals-scotland-act-2002-repealed",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exception: search by authorised person",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (3.10.2023) by Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 1), ss. 28(1), 31(2) (with ss. 29, 30); S.S.I. 2023/262, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:05.635777+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."
}