{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/84",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-eu-exit-scotland-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "text": "In section 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, in the definition of “wild bird”, after “visitor to” insert “the United Kingdom or”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.69. The definition of “wild bird” in section 27(1), as it extends to Scotland, was amended by paragraph 23 of schedule 6 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) and section 2 of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/84/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:37.781478+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."
}