{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-scotland-order-2011/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/393",
  "legislation_title": "The Spring Traps Approval (Scotland) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-scotland-order-2011",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Approval of spring traps",
  "text": "(1) The following spring traps are approved for the purposes of section 50 of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948—\n(a) any spring trap of a type and make specified in column (1) of the Schedule; and\n(b) any trap which corresponds to a trap so specified in construction, in materials, in impact force or momentum, and in all other respects which are relevant to its effect or manner of operation as a trap (an “equivalent trap”).\n(2) The approvals given by paragraph (1) are subject to the conditions specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the Schedule as to the animals for which, and the circumstances in which, the spring trap (or equivalent trap) may be used.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 24.11.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/393/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:47:13.022027+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."
}