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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General power",
  "text": "(1) The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision requiring the payment of sums by specified persons, in respect of specified products or materials.\n(2) The regulations may be made only for the purpose of securing that those involved in manufacturing, processing, distributing or supplying products or materials meet, or contribute to, the disposal costs of the products or materials.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 9.1.2022 for E.W.S., see s. 147(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 1 in force at 28.2.2022 for N.I. by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(c)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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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."
}