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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-15/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-15/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 120 (what may be included in development consent order), in subsection (2), at the end insert—\n“(c) requirements designed to secure that—\n(i) the biodiversity gain objective under Schedule 2A relevant to the development is met;\n(ii) any proposals included in the application for the order for the purposes of meeting the biodiversity gain objective are implemented.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 8 in force at 7.5.2026 by S.I. 2026/492, reg. 2(b)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:04.548359+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."
}