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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006/schedule/paragraph-1",
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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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2006",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph makes transitional provision in relation to any reference in subordinate legislation to—\n(a) English Nature;\n(b) the Nature Conservancy Council for England;\n(c) the Countryside Agency;\n(d) the Countryside Commission; or\n(e) the Development Commission.\n(2) For the purpose of anything to be done by any person on or after 1st October 2006, any such reference is to be treated as being a reference to Natural England, unless the context otherwise requires.\n(3) Any reference to two or more of the bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) in any list of persons to be consulted is to be treated as being a single reference to Natural England.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:20:59.020399+00:00"
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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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