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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no1-order-2006/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1176",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006-commencement-no1-order-2006",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 2nd May 2006",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 2nd May 2006—\nsection 1(1), (2), (3) and (5) and Schedule 1;\nsection 2;\nsection 5;\nsection 9;\nsection 11(1) and (2), but not paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (2);\nsection 13;\nsection 14;\nsection 15(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6);\nsection 16;\nsection 29;\nsection 105(1) and the following paragraphs of Schedule 11, but only so far as they insert the words “Natural England” in the relevant Schedules—\nparagraph 34(1) and (2);\nparagraph 39(1) and (2);\nparagraph 58(1) and (2);\nparagraph 60(1) and (2);\nparagraph 61(1) and (3);\nparagraph 105;\nparagraphs 153(1) and (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1176/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:29:37.453786+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."
}