{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WILDLIFE\nMade 19th February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 1988\nComing into force 18th March 1988\nThe Secretary of State —\n(1) having received (under section 22(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”)) a representation from the Nature Conservancy Council;\n(2) having given (under section 26(4) of the Act) 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;\n(3) being of the opinion that the animals and plants referred to in articles 2(1) to (4) and 3 below are in danger of extinction in Great Britain or likely to become so endangered unless conservation measures are taken, and that the animals referred to in article 2(5) below are no longer so endangered or likely to become so endangered;\nin exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(3) of the Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 69."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/288/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:11:21.206388+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."
}