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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) issue a code of practice in connection with any of the provisions of sections 18A to 18F of the 1981 Act (including any of those provisions as applied by Part 2 of this Schedule), and\n(b) revise or replace such a code.\n(2) An inspector must have regard to any relevant provision of a code when discharging any function under any of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a).\n(3) But an inspector's failure to have regard to any provision of a code does not make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.\n(4) A code—\n(a) is admissible in evidence in any proceedings, and\n(b) must be taken into account by a court in any case in which it appears to the court to be relevant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 12 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2"
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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."
}