{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 43 (confidentiality of proceedings) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) in paragraph (b) after “(investigations)” insert “or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (functions of the OEP in Northern Ireland)”;\n(b) after paragraph (c) insert—\n“(ca) made for purposes connected with the co-ordination of the OEP’s functions that relate to investigations under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman’s functions that relate to investigations by the Ombudsman;”;\n(c) in paragraph (d) after “section 33” insert “or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3”;\n(d) in paragraph (e) after “sections 35 to 41” insert “or paragraphs 9 to 15 of Schedule 3”;\n(e) in paragraph (h) after “this Chapter” insert “or Part 1 of Schedule 3”.\n(3) In subsection (3)(a) for “or decision notice” substitute “, decision notice, Northern Ireland information notice or Northern Ireland decision notice”.\n(4) In subsection (4)—\n(a) in paragraph (a)(i) for “or a decision notice” substitute “, a decision notice, a Northern Ireland information notice or a Northern Ireland decision notice”;\n(b) in paragraph (b) after “section 33” insert “or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3”;\n(c) in paragraph (d) after “judicial review” insert “(which includes a review application)”.\n(5) In subsection (5)—\n(a) for “or a decision notice” substitute “, a decision notice, a Northern Ireland information notice or a Northern Ireland decision notice”;\n(b) after “this Chapter” insert “or Part 1 of Schedule 3”.\n(6) In subsection (6) after “this Chapter” insert “or Part 1 of Schedule 3”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 27 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(6)(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 27 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/27",
    "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."
}