{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-121",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-121.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/121",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "121",
  "heading": "Duration of obligation under conservation covenant",
  "text": "(1) An obligation under a conservation covenant has effect for the default period, unless the covenant provides for a shorter period.\n(2) The default period for the purposes of subsection (1) is—\n(a) if the qualifying estate in relation to the obligation is an estate in fee simple absolute in possession, a period of indefinite duration, and\n(b) if the qualifying estate in relation to the obligation is a term of years absolute, a period corresponding in length to the remainder of the period for which the term of years was granted.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 121 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 121 in force at 30.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/48, reg. 5(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/121",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:04.548359+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}