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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-4-order-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/816",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no-4-order-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "countryside, england and wales\nCANALS AND Inland Waterways\nMade 11th March 2007\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland as required by subsections (5) and (8)(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:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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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