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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waters-lakes-and-ponds-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/controlled-waters-lakes-and-ponds-order-1989/introduction.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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 1989\nComing into force 1st September 1989\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 103(5)(b) of the Water Act 1989 hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1149/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."
}