{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-161.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/43",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990",
  "path": "section/161",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "161",
  "heading": "Directions",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2ZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2ZB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2ZC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction shall include power to vary or revoke the direction.\n(6) Any direction given under this Act shall be in writing.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 161(1)-(4) omitted (9.11.2021) by virtue of Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 63(5)(b), 147(1)(a) (with s. 144)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 161 heading substituted (9.11.2021) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 63(5)(a), 147(1)(a) (with s. 144)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2016/3",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "anaw/2016/3",
      "affecting_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
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      "affecting_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:13.995767+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."
}