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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2021/4",
  "legislation_title": "UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Restrictions on preparing an improvement report",
  "text": "Environmental Standards Scotland may not prepare an improvement report in respect of—\n(a) a failure to comply with environmental law arising out of any decision taken by a public authority in the exercise of its regulatory functions in relation to a particular person or case (for example, a decision on an application for a licence or a decision on regulatory enforcement in a specific case), or\n(b) a failure to comply with environmental law arising out of particular conduct if—\n(i) it has issued a compliance notice under section 31(1) in respect of the same failure arising out of the same conduct, and\n(ii) it has not subsequently withdrawn the compliance notice under section 35(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 in force at 1.10.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/304, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/4/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:00.235346+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."
}