{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-2-and-saving-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-2-and-saving-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-2-and-saving-provision-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 24th January 2022",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 24th January 2022—\n(a) sections 1 to 7 (environmental targets);\n(b) sections 8 to 15 (environmental improvement plans);\n(c) section 16 (environmental monitoring);\n(d) section 25 (guidance on the OEP’s enforcement policy and functions);\n(e) section 27 (co-operation duties of public authorities and the OEP);\n(f) sections 28 to 30 (the OEP’s scrutiny and advice functions);\n(g) sections 31 to 41 (the OEP’s enforcement functions);\n(h) sections 42 and 43 (information);\n(i) section 50 (producer responsibility obligations), so far as relating to England;\n(j) section 60 (hazardous waste: England and Wales), so far as relating to England;\n(k) section 62 (transfrontier shipments of waste);\n(l) section 64 (powers to make charging schemes), so far as relating to the Environment Agency;\n(m) section 86 (water and sewerage undertakers in England: modifying appointments);\n(n) sections 104 to 108 (local nature recovery strategies);\n(o) section 110 (protected site strategies);\n(p) sections 112 and 113 (Habitats Regulations);\n(q) Schedule 4 (producer responsibility obligations), so far as relating to England;\n(r) Schedule 13 (modifying water and sewerage undertakers’ appointments: procedure for appeals).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/48/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:52.439757+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."
}