{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-9A/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
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  "path": "schedule/9A/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) “Environmental authority”, in relation to premises in England, means—\n(a) the Secretary of State,\n(b) the Environment Agency,\n(c) Natural England, and\n(d) the Forestry Commissioners.\n(2) “Environmental authority”, in relation to premises in Wales, means—\n(a) the Welsh Ministers, and\n(b) the Natural Resources Body for Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9A inserted (E.W.) (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 23(3), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/990, reg. 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."
}