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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/schedule-9/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Countryside Act 1968 shall have effect as if a National Park authority were a local authority for the purposes of—\n(a) sections 6 to 8 of that Act (country parks);\n(b) section 9 of that Act (powers exercisable over or near common land); and\n(c) section 41 of that Act (byelaws) in so far as it has the effect in relation to—\n(i) any country park provided under section 7 of that Act, or\n(ii) any land as respects which any powers under section 9 of that Act have been exercised,\nof conferring powers on a local authority or of applying provisions of section 92 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (wardens);\nand the references to a local authority in sections 43 to 45 of that Act of 1968 (general provisions as to the powers of local authorities) shall have effect accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1949 c. 97."
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/schedule/9/paragraph/5",
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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."
}