{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-discharges-into-sewers-regulations-1976/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/958",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Pollution (Discharges into Sewers) Regulations 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-discharges-into-sewers-regulations-1976",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.\n(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the Control of Pollution Act 1974, and any reference in these regulations to a numbered section shall be construed as a reference to the section bearing that number in the Act;\n“the appointed day” has the same meaning as in section 44(5);\n“the 1937 Act” means the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937\n“trade premises” has the same meaning as in the 1937 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/958/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:23:20.487582+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."
}