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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/810",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Environmental damage to which these Regulations apply",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply in relation to environmental damage if it is caused by an activity mentioned in Schedule 2.\n(2) In the case of environmental damage to a protected species or natural habitat or a site of special scientific interest, these Regulations also apply in relation to environmental damage caused by any other activity if the operator—\n(a) intended to cause environmental damage; or\n(b) was negligent as to whether environmental damage would be caused.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/810/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:16.691519+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."
}