{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/41",
  "legislation_title": "Countryside Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-act-1968",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Conservation of natural beauty.",
  "text": "In the exercise of their functions relating to land under any enactment every Minister, government department and public body shall have regard to the desirability of conserving the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 11 extended by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(xxii), Sch. 8 para. 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 11 extended by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 2(1)(9), Sch. 17 para. 33, 35(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 11 extended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(xvii); S.I. 1996/218, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/41/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:08.337160+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."
}