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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/367",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, varies Schedule 5 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which lists animals protected under that Act.\nArticle 2 confers limited protection on two animals (the allis shad and the freshwater pearl mussel) and extends the protection already afforded to one animal (the adder).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/367/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:50:44.064707+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."
}