{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348284379",
  "legislation_title": "The Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-nature-restoration-levy-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Procedure for cancellation of commitment",
  "text": "(1) The committed developer or a liable person may make a written request to Natural England to rescind its acceptance of a request to pay on one or more of the grounds in paragraphs 2 to 8 of the Schedule.\n(2) On receipt of a request under paragraph (1)—\n(a) Natural England may rescind its acceptance of the request to pay if it is satisfied that one or more of the grounds in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule (grounds 1 and 2) apply;\n(b) Natural England must rescind its acceptance of the request to pay if it is satisfied that one or more of the grounds in paragraphs 4 to 8 of the Schedule (grounds 3 to 7) apply.\n(3) Natural England may, on its own initiative, rescind its acceptance of a request to pay where one or more of the grounds in paragraphs 2 to 7 of the Schedule (grounds 1 to 6) apply.\n(4) A liable person who makes a request under paragraph (1) must send a copy of the application to every other liable person before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which they made the application.\n(5) Natural England may request further information from the committed developer or a liable person before coming to a conclusion under paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348284379/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:12.733251+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."
}