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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-4-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/175",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-scotland-act-2011-commencement-no-4-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2012",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) 2nd July 2012 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2011 Act—\n(a) section 14 (non-native species etc.) so far as not already in force;\n(b) section 16 (species control orders etc.);\n(c) section 17 (non-native species etc.: further provision) so far as not already in force;\n(d) section 22 (wildlife inspectors etc.); and\n(e) section 25 (modifications and repeals relating to Part 2 and game licensing) in respect of the fourteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first entry in Part 2 of the Schedule.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/175/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:54.189970+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."
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