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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/30",
  "legislation_title": "Environment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Improving the natural environment: Northern Ireland",
  "text": "Schedule 2 makes provision about—\n(a) environmental improvement plans, and\n(b) policy statements on environmental principles,\nin Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 48 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 48 in force at 25.7.2022 by S.R. 2022/54, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/30/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:58:53.973135+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}