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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-3-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-3-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "1st May 2012 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011:—\n(a) Section 14 as follows:—\n(i) subsection (2)(a), so far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision by order under section 14(1)(a)(ii), 14(2B), 14(2C) and 14(2D) of the 1981 Act;\n(ii) subsection (3), so far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision by order under section 14ZC(1) and (2) of the 1981 Act; and\n(iii) subsection (5), so far as is necessary to enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision by order under section 14B(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 1981 Act; and\n(b) Section 17 as follows:—\n(i) subsection (6)(b)(ii) and (iii) so far as it inserts reference to section 14, 14ZC and 14B; and\n(ii) subsection (6)(c), so far as it relates to orders under section 14 and 14ZC.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/116/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}