{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminated-land-england-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminated-land-england-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/227",
  "legislation_title": "The Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contaminated-land-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND\nMade 2nd February 2000\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 2000\nComing into force 1st April 2000\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 78C(8) to (10), 78E(6), 78G(5) and (6), 78L(4) and (5) and 78R(1), (2) and (8) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43. Sections 78A to 78YC were inserted by section 57 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25). See the definition of “ prescribed” in section 78A(9). The Secretary of State can exercise the powers under these sections only in relation to England; see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/227/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:46.233935+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."
}