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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-3",
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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",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Savings and transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) Despite the repeal of sections 3 (grant and revocation of licences) and 8 (saving in respect of animals kept for exhibition etc.) of the 1932 Act by section 25 of, and Part 2 of the Schedule to, the 2011 Act, a licence granted under the repealed sections—\n(a) remains in effect;\n(b) is subject to such conditions as are applied by an enactment listed in Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012, despite the revocation of those enactments by that Order; and\n(c) is deemed to be a licence granted under section 16(4) of the 1981 Act disapplying a prohibition in or under section 14ZC of that Act.\n(2) Despite the repeal of section 1 (power to limit the import etc. of fish and fish eggs) of the 1978 Act by section 25 of, and Part 2 of the Schedule to, the 2011 Act, a licence granted under the repealed section—\n(a) remains in effect; and\n(b) is deemed to be a licence granted under section 16(4) of the 1981 Act disapplying a prohibition in or under section 14 or 14ZC of that Act.\n(3) Despite the substitution of section 14(1) to (2) of the 1981 Act by section 14(2)(a) of the 2011 Act, a licence granted under section 16(4) of the 1981 Act disapplying a prohibition in section 14(1) to (2) of that Act (prior to amendment by the 2011 Act)—\n(a) remains in effect; and\n(b) is deemed to be a licence granted under section 16(4) of the 1981 Act disapplying a prohibition in or under section 14 of that Act (as amended).\n(4) An application for a licence under—\n(a) section 3 or 8 of the 1932 Act;\n(b) section 1 of the 1978 Act; or\n(c) section 16(4) of the 1981 Act in respect of section 14(1) to (2) of that Act (prior to amendment by the 2011 Act),\nso far as it relates to a matter prohibited by or under section 14 or 14ZC of the 1981 Act is, if not determined by the appointed day, to be treated as an application for a licence under section 16(4) of the 1981 Act (as amended).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2012/174."
    }
  ],
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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."
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