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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-4/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Part 2 regulations may include provision for the imposition of sanctions of that kind whether or not—\n(a) the conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed constitutes an offence,\n(b) the enforcement authority is a regulator for the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, or\n(c) the relevant national authority may make provision for the imposition of sanctions under that Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)-(6)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 in force at 24.1.2022 for E. by S.I. 2022/48, reg. 2(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 in force at 28.2.2022 for N.I. by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 in force at 7.3.2022 for W. by S.I. 2022/223, regs. 1(2), 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 in force at 9.11.2022 for S. by S.S.I. 2022/305, reg. 2(c)"
    }
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  },
  "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."
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