Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wildlife_and_Countryside_Act_1981

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Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Countryside_Council_for_Wales gptkb:Department_of_Agriculture,_Environment_and_Rural_Affairs_(Northern_Ireland) gptkb:Natural_England gptkb:Scottish_Natural_Heritage
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Act_1990 gptkb:Natural_Environment_and_Rural_Communities_Act_2006 gptkb:Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:1981_c._69
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1981
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:EU_Birds_Directive gptkb:EU_Habitats_Directive gptkb:Bern_Convention
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
gptkbp:longTitle	An Act to make provision for the protection of wildlife, the countryside, National Parks and the designation of protected areas.
gptkbp:penalty	imprisonment fine
gptkbp:purpose	to conserve natural habitats to protect native species of plants and animals to regulate public access to the countryside to designate and protect Sites of Special Scientific Interest
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	30 October 1981
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Act_1990 gptkb:Protection_of_Badgers_Act_1992 gptkb:Conservation_of_Habitats_and_Species_Regulations_2017 gptkb:Natural_Environment_and_Rural_Communities_Act_2006 gptkb:Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Protection_of_Birds_Act_1954 gptkb:National_Parks_and_Access_to_the_Countryside_Act_1949
gptkbp:section	gptkb:Section_28:_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest gptkb:Section_66:_Rights_of_way Section 13: Protection of wild plants Section 1: Protection of wild birds Section 9: Protection of wild animals Section 39: National Nature Reserves
gptkbp:status	amended
gptkbp:subject	nature conservation wildlife protection public rights of way protection of animals protection of birds protection of plants site of special scientific interest
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:England gptkb:Northern_Ireland gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:website	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/contents
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest gptkb:Countryside_and_Rights_of_Way_Act_2000
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5