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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026-commencement-no-1-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2026",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the first commencement order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026 (“the Act”).\nThis Order brings section 9 of the Act into force on 5 October 2026. Section 9 requires the Welsh Ministers to have regard to the need to protect the independence of the Office of Environmental Governance Wales (“the OEGW”) when exercising their functions in respect of the OEGW.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:40.185701+00:00"
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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."
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