{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-wales-order-2020/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-wales-order-2020/note.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/272",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (Wales) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-2-wales-order-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”).\nPart 1 of that Schedule lists the birds that may be killed or taken outside the close season. The close season is defined in section 2(4) of the Act.\nArticle 2 of this Order amends the entry for White-fronted Goose (Anser Albifrons) in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Act, so that Greenland White-fronted Goose are exempt from that Schedule. The effect of this amendment is to make it an offence in Wales (under section 1 of the Act) to kill or take (or to injure in the course of an attempt to kill) Greenland White-fronted Goose outside the close season for White-fronted Goose.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government (Land, Nature, and Forestry Division), Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/272/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:01.095606+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."
}