{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/snares-order-northern-ireland-2015/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/snares-order-northern-ireland-2015/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/352",
  "legislation_title": "The Snares Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/snares-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision about the use of snares.\nRegulation 2 specifies that it is an offence under Article 12(2F) of the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 to set or use, or cause or permit a snare to be set or used, otherwise in accordance with the requirements specified in regulations 3 to 6.\nRegulation 3 requires someone who sets a snare to check or cause it to be checked that it remains free-running every 24 hours. Anyone who finds that the snare is not free-running must remove it or fix it to ensure it is free-running.\nRegulation 4 requires a stop to be fixed to a snare before it is used and stipulates the necessary technical requirements. The Regulation also requires all snares to be fitted with a swivel.\nRegulation 5 requires a snare to be staked in place or attached to another object to prevent it from being dragged.\nRegulation 6 specifies that a snare is to be treated as having been set in such a manner which constitutes an offence under Regulation 2 if it is set in a location where a snared animal could become suspended or drown.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/352/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:01.567622+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."
}