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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-15/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, subject to the provisions of this Schedule, by regulations make such provision as to the procedure on the making, submission and confirmation of orders as appears to him to be expedient.\n(2) In this Schedule—\n“ council offices ” means offices or buildings acquired or provided by the authority or by a local authority;\n“ local authority ” means a non-metropolitan district council , a parish . . . council or the parish meeting of a parish not having a separate parish council but, in relation to Wales, means a community council ;\n“ order ” means an order to which the provisions of this Schedule apply;\n“ prescribed ” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n(3) Regulations under this Schedule shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1) , ss. 1 , 2 , 7 , Sch. 3 para. 7(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 15 para. 13(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19 , s. 66(6)(8) , Sch. 16 para. 65(12) , Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7) , 55(5) , Sch. 17 paras. 22(1) , 23(2) ); S.I. 1996/396 , art. 4 , Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 15 para. 13(2) added (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19 , s. 66(6) , Sch. 16 para. 65(12) (with ss. 54(5)(7) , 55(5) , Sch. 17 paras. 22(1) , 23(2) ); S.I. 1996/396 , art. 4 , Sch. 2"
    }
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "Deregulation Act 2015"
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      "affecting_title": "Deregulation Act 2015"
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}