{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-ringing-of-certain-birds-regulations-1982/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-ringing-of-certain-birds-regulations-1982/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1220",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-ringing-of-certain-birds-regulations-1982",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WILDLIFE\nMade 23rd August 1982\nLaid before Parliament 6th September 1982\nComing into Operation 28th September 1982\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, hereby make the following regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (E.W.) (28.12.2017) by The Ringing of Certain Captive-bred Birds (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1213), regs. 1(1), 3(1) (with regs. 1(2), 3(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1220/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:15:14.108618+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."
}