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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-18/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 108(12) of this Act, information obtained in consequence of the exercise of a relevant power, with or without the consent of any person, shall be admissible in evidence against that or any other person.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, information obtained by means of monitoring or other apparatus installed on any premises in the exercise of a relevant power, with or without the consent of any person in occupation of the premises, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings against that or any other person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (6.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/648, reg. 28(5)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (16.12.2005) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3468), regs. 1(1), 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (16.3.2007) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/871), regs. 1(1), 35(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (S.) (28.2.2023) by The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/7), regs. 1, 26(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (E.) (28.2.2023) by The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/219), regs. 1, 26(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (W.) (17.7.2023) by The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/798), regs. 1(2), 26(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (E.W) (1.1.2025) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1332), regs. 1(2), 112, Sch. 12 para. 1 (with reg. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (E.) (24.1.2025 for specified purposes) by The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/67), regs. 1(3), 83(6) (with reg. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 2-6 applied (with modifications) (26.3.2026 for specified purposes) by The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/103), regs. 1(2)(3)(i), 86(6) (with regs. 2(3)(4), 3)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "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."
}