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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/173/article/1</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Country parks</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">WILDLIFE</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-07-30</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2012-07-02</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order specifies the types of animal and the types of plant to which the offence provisions in section 14(1)(a)(i) and 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) (as substituted by section 14(2)(a) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011) do not apply.</dc:description>
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<P2para><Text>This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012, and comes into force on 2nd July 2012.</Text>
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<Text>In this Order, “the <Abbreviation Expansion="Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 c. 69">1981 Act</Abbreviation>” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.</Text>
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