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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-commencement-no-5-order-1982/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1217",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-commencement-no-5-order-1982",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This order provides for Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, together with the relevant amendments and repeals, to come into force on 28th September 1982. The provisions of Part I are concerned with the protection of wildlife.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1217/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:15:16.512552+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."
}