{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-gas-support-scheme-regulations-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Green Gas Support Scheme Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-gas-support-scheme-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Solid biomass is obtained from a protected source if it is obtained from—\n(a) land which at any time during or after January 2008 was primary forest,\n(b) except where paragraph 9 applies, land which at any time during or after January 2008 was designated for nature protection purposes,\n(c) highly biodiverse grassland unless harvesting is necessary to preserve the grassland status,\n(d) except where paragraph 10 applies, land which at any time during January 2008 was peatland,\n(e) a former continuously forested area, or\n(f) a former wetland area.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 30.11.2021, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1335/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:38.962935+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."
}