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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-44",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Meaning of “natural environment”",
  "text": "In this Part the “natural environment” means—\n(a) plants, wild animals and other living organisms,\n(b) their habitats,\n(c) land (except buildings or other structures), air and water,\nand the natural systems, cycles and processes through which they interact.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 17.11.2021 by S.I. 2021/1274, reg. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/44",
    "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."
  }
}