{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-stewardship-england-and-countryside-stewardship-amendment-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/991",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-stewardship-england-and-countryside-stewardship-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND\nCOUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND\nMade 21st March 2006\nLaid before Parliament 31st March 2006\nComing into force 30th April 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by section 98 of the Environment Act 1995 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nShe has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community.\nIn accordance with section 99 of the Environment Act 1995 she has obtained the consent of the Treasury.\nIn accordance with section 99 of that Act she has consulted the Countryside Agency, English Nature and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25. Section 98(5) defines the appropriate Minister. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (which related only to England) were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794). The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as they related to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as they related to Scotland, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1811."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/991/introduction",
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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."
}