{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1998/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1998/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1327",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COUNTRYSIDE\nMade 21st May 1998\nLaid before Parliament 27th May 1998\nComing into force 24th June 1998\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers contained in that section in so far as these Regulations could not have been made under the powers hereinafter mentioned, and otherwise 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": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 25; section 98(5) contains a definition of the appropriate Minister; for the application of section 98 to the Isles of Scilly, see section 117 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) and the Environment Act 1995 (Isles of Scilly) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1030)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1327/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:30:03.217751+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."
}