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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995-commencement-no-12-and-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/781",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1998",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 2 brings into force on 8th April 1998 section 116 of the Environment Act 1995 insofar as it relates to paragraph 4 of Schedule 21 (Crown application of Control of Pollution Act 1974).\nArticle 3 makes transitional provisions in cases where an application for a discharge consent has been made by the Crown before 8th April 1998.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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