{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-9-england-no-2-amendment-order-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1342",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-9-england-no-2-amendment-order-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WILDLIFE, ENGLAND\nMade 16th December 2024\nLaid before Parliament 17th December 2024\nComing into force 31st January 2025\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(5)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.\nThe Secretary of State has, in accordance with the requirements of section 26(4)(a) of that Act, given any local authority affected and 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 that Act, consulted with Natural England, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him 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(5)(a) was amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015 c. 7, section 25(5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1342/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:35.181498+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."
}