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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "asc/2026/4",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-principles-governance-and-biodiversity-targets-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—\n(a) an individual who holds employment in the civil service is to be treated as employed by virtue of a contract of employment, and\n(b) the terms of the individual’s employment in the civil service are to be regarded as constituting the terms of the contract of employment.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “civil service” means the civil service of the State.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 27.6.2026, see s. 46(2)(d)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/4/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:38.736045+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}