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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-1-regulations-2021/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1274",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-1-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 17th November 2021",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 17th November 2021—\n(a) section 22 (The Office for Environmental Protection);\n(b) section 23 (Principal objective of the OEP and exercise of its functions);\n(c) section 24 (The OEP’s strategy: process);\n(d) section 26 (Memorandum of understanding);\n(e) section 44 (Meaning of “natural environment”);\n(f) section 45 (Meaning of “environmental protection”);\n(g) section 46 (Meaning of “environmental law”);\n(h) section 47 (Interpretation of Part 1: general);\n(i) Schedule 1 (The Office for Environmental Protection).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1274/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:05.955284+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."
}