{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-england-order-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-england-order-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/245",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-england-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Wildlife, England\nMade 9th March 2020\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2020\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”).\nFor the purposes of section 26(4)(a) of the Act the Secretary of State considers that no local authority is affected by this Order.\nThe Secretary of State has, in accordance with section 26(4)(a) of the Act, given any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order. The Secretary of State has also, in accordance with section 26(4)(b) of the Act, consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body which the Secretary of State considers is best able to advise as to whether this Order should be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c.69; section 22(1) was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16), section 47(1) and (5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the definition of “advisory body” in section 23(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/245/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:32:44.957793+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."
}