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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-5/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/schedule-5/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Consultation requirements",
  "text": "(1) Before making regulations under this Part of this Schedule the relevant national authority must consult persons appearing to it to represent the interests of those likely to be affected.\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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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 10 in force at 9.1.2022 for E.W.S., see s. 147(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 10 in force at 28.2.2022 for N.I. by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(1)(c)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/schedule/5/paragraph/10",
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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."
}