{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-targets-water-england-regulations-2023/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-targets-water-england-regulations-2023/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/93",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-targets-water-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Abandoned metal mines water target",
  "text": "The third target in respect of water is that the length of relevant waters polluted by any of the following—\n(a) arsenic,\n(b) cadmium,\n(c) copper,\n(d) lead,\n(e) nickel,\n(f) zinc,\nfrom abandoned metal mines is, by 31st December 2038, at least 50% lower than the baseline.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 30.1.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/93/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:15.072323+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."
}