{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 108(15) of the Environment Act 1995 (powers of entry etc. of persons authorised by enforcing authorities: interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) After the definition of “authorised person” insert—\n““domestic property” has the meaning given by section 75(5)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;”.\n(3) After the definition of “enforcing authority” insert—\n““English waste collection authority” has the same meaning as in section 45A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;”.\n(4) In the definition of “pollution control functions” in relation to a waste collection authority after “means” insert\n“—\n(a) in relation to an English waste collection authority, the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under Part 2 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (other than sections 45, 45A and 46 of that Act so far as relating to the collection of household waste from domestic property); and\n(b) in relation to any other waste collection authority,”.\n(5) This paragraph extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:55.374488+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."
}