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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/43",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Part of this Schedule—\n“authority” means an existing disposal authority as defined in section 32(1);\n“company” means a waste disposal contractor formed under the Companies Act 1985 by a waste disposal authority as mentioned in section 30(5);\n“direction” means a direction under section 32(2);\n“joint company” means a company in which more than one authority holds securities;\n“securities”, in relation to a company includes shares, debentures, bonds or other securities of the company, whether or not constituting a charge on the assets of the company; and\n“the vesting date” means the date on which property, rights and liabilities vest in a company by virtue of a transfer scheme under paragraph 6 below.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 repealed (E.W.) (18.10.2005 for E. and 16.3.2006 for W.) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 47, 107, 108, Sch. 5 Pt. 4; S.I. 2005/2896, art. 3 (with art. 6 (as amended by S.I. 2006/1002)); S.I. 2006/768, art. 2 (with art. 5 (as amended by S.I. 2006/2797))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 6."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:40.080966+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."
}