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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-scotland-order-2009/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/418",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-4-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2009, and comes into force on 21st December 2009.\n(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/418/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:34.563300+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."
}