{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-keeping-and-release-and-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-order-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/37",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-keeping-and-release-and-notification-requirements-scotland-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Wildlife\nMade 13th February 2019\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 15th February 2019\nComing into force 1st April 2019\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14ZC(1) and (2)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and all others powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 26(4A) of that Act, 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. Section 14ZC was inserted by section 14(3) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6) (“the 2011 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 26(4A) was inserted by section 17(6)(c) of the 2011 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/37/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:09:13.901968+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."
}