{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110395905",
  "legislation_title": "The Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-landfill-england-and-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Closure Notices",
  "text": "(1) Where the Environment Agency has taken a reasoned decision under regulation 15(3)(c), it shall serve a closure notice under this regulation (“a closure notice”) on the operator of the landfill.\n(2) A closure notice shall—\n(a) state the Environment Agency’s reasons for requiring initiation of the closure procedure;\n(b) specify the steps the operator is required to take to initiate the procedure; and\n(c) the period within which they must be taken.\n(3) The Environment Agency may withdraw a closure notice at any time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110395905/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:26:13.434889+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."
}