{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-6ZA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-6ZA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/6ZA",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6ZA",
  "heading": "Animals which may not be killed or taken by trapping or snaring",
  "text": "Common name\nScientific name\nBadger\nMeles meles\nBeaver, European\nCastor fiber\nMarten, Pine\nMartes martes\nOtter, Common\nLutra lutra\nStoat (otherwise known as Ermine)\nMustela erminea\nNOTE. The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6ZA inserted (28.3.2019) by The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/22), reg. 1(1), Sch. (with reg. 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/6ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}