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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-on-environmental-procedures-for-flood-defence-operating-authorities-environment-agency-approval-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3061",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Environment Agency) Approval Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-on-environmental-procedures-for-flood-defence-operating-authorities-environment-agency-approval-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nLAND DRAINAGE\nMade 5th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 5th December 1996\nComing into force 1st January 1997\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, (“the Ministers”), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 9(1) and 56(3) of the Environment Act 1995 and after consulting in accordance with section 9(3) of that Act hereby jointly make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 56(1) defines “the Minister”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3061/introduction",
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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."
}