{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-138",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-138.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/138",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Index of defined terms in Part 7",
  "text": "The following Table sets out expressions defined or explained in this Part for general purposes.\nExpressionProvision\nconservation covenantsection 118(1)\nconservation covenant agreementsection 117(1)\nconservation purposesection 117(3)\nconserving (something)section 117(4)\ndesignated bodysection 119(1)(b)\nnatural environment (in relation to land)section 117(4)\nqualifying estate (generally)section 117(4)\nthe qualifying estate (in relation to an obligation under a conservation covenant)section 117(4)\nresponsible bodysection 119",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 138 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 138 in force at 30.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/48, reg. 5(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:58:53.973135+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."
  }
}