{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waters-lakes-and-ponds-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waters-lakes-and-ponds-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1149",
  "legislation_title": "The Controlled Waters (Lakes and Ponds) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waters-lakes-and-ponds-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Reservoirs to be treated as relevant lakes or ponds",
  "text": "(1) A reservoir to which this article applies shall be treated for the purposes of Chapter I of Part III of the Water Act 1989 (control of pollution) as a relevant lake or pond.\n(2) This article applies to a reservoir–\n(a) which does not discharge into a relevant river or watercourse or into a relevant lake or pond; and\n(b) which does not contain water treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/1147."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1149/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:41:11.817163+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."
}