{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/695",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTRYSIDE\nMade 8th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 98 of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury and after consulting the Secretary of State, the Countryside Commission, the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England in accordance with section 99 of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; section 98(5) contains a definition of the Minister."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/695/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:42.006170+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."
}