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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/592",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Forestry, England And Wales\nMade 24th April 2017\nLaid before Parliament 25th April 2017\nComing into force 16th May 2017\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purpose of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment.\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 124, 25.4.2014, p.1. See Article 4(3) of Directive 2011/92/EU as substituted by Article 1(4)(a) of Directive 2014/52/EU."
    }
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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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