{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bathing-water-regulations-2013/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bathing-water-regulations-2013/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1675",
  "legislation_title": "The Bathing Water Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bathing-water-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Water Resources\nMade 3rd July 2013\nLaid before Parliament 9th July 2013\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 9th July 2013\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment, and the Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to water resources.\nThe Secretary of State in relation to England and Scotland , and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section of that Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See S.I. 2003/2901 for the designation conferred on the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of sections 59 and 162 of, and paragraph 28 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), that designation is now conferred on the Welsh Ministers."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations in relation to matters as regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1988 (c. 46)."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1675/introduction",
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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."
}