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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1266",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st January 2023",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st January 2023—\n(a) section 102 (general duty to conserve and enhance biodiversity);\n(b) section 103 (biodiversity reports);\n(c) section 114 (controlling the felling of trees in England);\n(d) Schedule 16 (controlling the felling of trees in England).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1266/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:43.884533+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."
}