{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-16/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-16/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/16/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 87(3) (time-bar in relation to legal proceedings)—\n(a) the words from the beginning to “offence; and” shall cease to have effect;\n(b) for the words “section 23 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954” there shall be substituted the words “ section 331 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 ”;\n(c) for the words “such offence” there shall be substituted the words “ offence under section 30F of this Act or regulations or byelaws made in pursuance of section 31 of this Act ”; and\n(d) for the words “subsection (2) of section 23 of the said Act of 1954” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (3) of section 331 of the said Act of 1975 ”;\n(e) the words “in its application to Scotland” shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1954 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1975 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/16/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:02.335333+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."
}