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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/section-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995/section-72.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/25",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-1995",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "National Park grant.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make grants to a National Park authority for such purposes, of such amounts and on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.\n(2) Before determining the amount of any grant which he proposes to make to a National Park authority in Wales under this section, or the purpose for which it is to be made, the Secretary of State shall consult, according to whether the relevant Park is in England or in Wales, either Natural England or the Natural Resources Body for Wales.\n(3) The consent of the Treasury shall be required for the making of a grant under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 72(2) inserted (E.) (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(l), Sch. 22 para. 11(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 72(2) omitted (E.) (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(l), Sch. 22 para. 11(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 72(2) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 144; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 72(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 376 (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/section/72",
    "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."
  }
}