{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/section-28",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Power of SEPA to promote or oppose private legislation.",
  "text": "(1) SEPA may, where it is satisfied that it is expedient to do so—\n(a) with the consent of the Secretary of State, petition for the issue of a provisional order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936; or\n(b) oppose any private legislation in Parliament.\n(2) An application for the consent mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above shall be accompanied by a concise summary of the purposes of the order petitioned for.\n(3) In paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, “private legislation in Parliament” includes—\n(a) a provisional order and a Confirmation Bill relating to such an order; and\n(b) any local or personal Bill.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1936 c. 52."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:14:49.082172+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}