{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-17/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-17/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 82 (proceedings by persons aggrieved)—\n(a) in subsection (1) after the word “complaint” there shall be inserted the words “ or, in Scotland, the sheriff may act under this section on a summary application, ”;\n(b) in subsection (2)—\n(i) after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “ or, in Scotland, the sheriff ”;\n(ii) after the word “street” there shall be inserted the words “ or, in Scotland, road ”;\n(iii) after the words “the court” there shall be inserted the words “ or the sheriff ”;\n(iv) in paragraph (a) after the word “defendant” there shall be inserted the words “ or, in Scotland, defender ”;\n(v) in paragraph (b) after the word “defendant” there shall be inserted the words “ or defender ”;\n(vi) after the word “and” where it third occurs there shall be inserted the words “ , in England and Wales, ”;\n(c) in subsection (3), after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “ or the sheriff ” and after the words “of the court” in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “ or of the sheriff ”;\n(d) in subsection (11), after the words “magistrate’s court” there shall be inserted the words “ or the sheriff ”;\n(e) in subsection (12) after the word “complaint” there shall be inserted the words “ or summary application ”, after the words “the court” in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “ or the sheriff ” and for the words “defendant (or defendants” there shall be substituted the words “ defendant or defender (or defendants or defenders ”;\n(f) in subsection (13), after the words “ magistrate’s court ” there shall be inserted the words “or to the sheriff” and after the words “ the court ” in both place where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or the sheriff”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/17/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}