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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "General interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“biodiversity” (“bioamrywiaeth”) means the diversity of living organisms, whether at the genetic, species or ecosystem level;\n“land” (“tir”) includes land covered by water;\n“land management agreement” (“cytundeb rheoli tir”) means an agreement under section 16;\n“national natural resources policy” (“polisi adnoddau naturiol cenedlaethol”) has the meaning given by section 9;\n“natural resources” (“adnoddau naturiol”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 2;\n“NRW” (“CNC”) means the Natural Resources Body for Wales;\n“principles of sustainable management of natural resources” (“egwyddorion rheoli cynaliadwy ar adnoddau naturiol”) has the meaning given by section 4;\n“sustainable management of natural resources” (“rheoli cynaliadwy ar adnoddau naturiol”) has the meaning given by section 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:15.783470+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."
}