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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/schedule-11/paragraph-97",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 71 (general interpretation) as follows.\n(2) Re-number the existing provision subsection (1).\n(3) After that subsection insert—\n“(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in this Act “plants” include fungi and algae.”\n(4) This paragraph extends only to England and Wales and to the territorial waters adjacent to England and Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 97 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/schedule/11/paragraph/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:48.014805+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."
}