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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2541",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nNATURE CONSERVATION\nNatural environment, England AND WALES\nRural AFFAIRS, england AND WALES\nMade 20th September 2006\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland as required by subsections (2), (6)(b), (7)(b) and (8)(b) and (c) of section 107 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006;\nHe makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by that section:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 16."
    }
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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."
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