{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-water-charges-scotland-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-water-charges-scotland-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1538",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Water Charges (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-water-charges-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND\nMade 6th September 1988\nLaid before Parliament 9th September 1988\nComing into force 1st October 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 26(1) and 31(3) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to, the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 47; section 26(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) ( “the 1988 Act”), Schedule 12, paragraph 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1538/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."
}