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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-amendment-scotland-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/337",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-amendment-scotland-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WILDLIFE\nMade 1st October 2001\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd October 2001\nComing into force 4th November 2001\nThe Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3). The function conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, was transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/337/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:08.199197+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."
}