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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-23",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Time limit for prosecution of summary offences",
  "text": "(1) Article 26 of the Wildlife Order (summary prosecutions) is amended as follows.\n(2) Omit paragraph (1).\n(3) In paragraph (2) for “Summary proceedings for an offence to which this Article applies” substitute “ Proceedings for a summary offence under this Order ”.\n(4) This section does not apply in relation to an offence committed before this section comes into operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:49.628005+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."
}