{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 1 of this Schedule: general",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Schedule—\n“application for judicial review” is to be read in accordance with paragraph 12(10);\n“current environmental improvement plan” has the meaning it has in Schedule 2 (see paragraph 1(8) of that Schedule);\n“decision notice” means a notice given under paragraph 10;\n“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;\n“devolved environmental governance body” has the meaning it has in Part 1 of this Act (see section 47);\n“devolved environmental governance function” has the meaning it has in Part 1 of this Act (see section 47);\n“environmental improvement plan” has the meaning it has in Schedule 2 (see paragraphs 1 and 3(10) of that Schedule);\n“environmental protection” has the meaning it has in Schedule 2 (see paragraph 10 of that Schedule);\n“environmental review” has the meaning it has in Part 1 of this Act (see section 38);\n“implementation body” has the meaning it has in section 55 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (see subsection (3) of that section);\n“improving the natural environment”, in relation to an environmental improvement plan, is to be read in accordance with paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 2;\n“information notice” means a notice given under paragraph 9;\n“natural environment” has the meaning it has in Schedule 2 (see paragraph 9 of that Schedule);\n“Northern Ireland devolved function” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(5);\n“OEP” has the meaning given by section 22;\n“parliamentary function” means a function in connection with proceedings in Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly;\n“relevant department” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(11);\n“relevant environmental law” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(2);\n“relevant ombudsman” has the meaning it has in Part 1 of this Act (see section 23);\n“relevant public authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 5(3);\n“review application” has the meaning given by paragraph 12(2);\n“UK decision notice” has the meaning given by paragraph 11(11);\n“UK information notice” has the meaning given by paragraph 11(11).\n(2) Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)) applies in relation to the laying of a document before the Northern Ireland Assembly under this Part of this Schedule, as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(6)(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 19 in force at 28.2.2022 by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/3/paragraph/19",
    "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."
}