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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-4/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Consultation requirement",
  "text": "(1) Before making Part 2 regulations the relevant national authority must consult any persons the authority considers appropriate.\n(2) The requirement in sub-paragraph (1) may be met by consultation carried out before this paragraph comes into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 20 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)-(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 20 in force at 24.1.2022 for E. by S.I. 2022/48, reg. 2(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 20 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. 20 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. 20 in force at 9.11.2022 for S. by S.S.I. 2022/305, reg. 2(c)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/4/paragraph/20",
    "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."
}