{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-keeping-and-release-and-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-order-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-keeping-and-release-and-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-order-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-keeping-and-release-and-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2012/174 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument.\nWildlife\nMade 21st June 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 25th June 2012\nComing into force 2nd July 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 14(1)(a)(ii), (2D)(a) and (e) and 14ZC(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 26(4A) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, they have consulted Scottish Natural Heritage and any other person appearing to them to have an interest in the making of the Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.69. Sections 14(1) and (2D) and section 14B(1), (2) and (4) were substituted by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6) (“the 2011 Act”), section 14(2) and (5) respectively; and section 14ZC was inserted by the 2011 Act, section 14(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 26(4A) was inserted by section 17(6) of the 2011 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/206/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:30.863183+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."
}