{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1487",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WILDLIFE\nMade 6th June 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 2004\nComing into force 14th July 2004\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by the said section 2, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/2870."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "As respects Scotland, the powers were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46); as respects Wales the powers are exercisable by the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the European Communities (Designation) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/248), article 3 and Schedule 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1487/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:24:16.753182+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."
}