{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-7/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-7/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 25(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 (bodies subject to investigation under Part III of that Act), after paragraph (aa) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(ab) a National Park authority;”.\n(2) In section 26(7) of that Act (no investigation where complaint relates to all or most of the inhabitants of an area), before paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(aa) where the complaint relates to a National Park authority, the area of the Park for which it is such an authority;”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 18(3) repealed (1.4.2008) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), s. 245(5), Sch. 18 Pt. 14; S.I. 2008/917, art. 2(v)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1974 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/28",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/28",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/7/paragraph/18",
    "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."
}