{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/38",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "High hedges",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “high hedge” means so much of a barrier to light or access as—\n(a) is formed wholly or predominantly by a line of two or more evergreens; and\n(b) rises to a height of more than two metres above ground level.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a line of evergreens is not to be regarded as forming a barrier to light or access if the existence of gaps significantly affects its overall effect as such a barrier at heights of more than two metres above ground level.\n(3) In this section “evergreen” means an evergreen tree or shrub or a semi-evergreen tree or shrub.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 66 in force at 31.12.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/3238, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 66 in force at 1.6.2005 for E. by S.I. 2005/710, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/38/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:54.206021+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."
}