{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-of-water-resources-designated-bodies-modification-scotland-regulations-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Development of Water Resources (Designated Bodies: Modification) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/development-of-water-resources-designated-bodies-modification-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations add the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (“WICS”) to the list of bodies in section 3(1) (designation of bodies) of the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”).\nAccordingly, WICS becomes a designated body for the purposes of section 2(1) (involvement of public bodies) of the Act. For the purposes of securing WICS’s participation in development of the kind mentioned in section 1(1) (duty of the Scottish Ministers) of the Act, the Scottish Ministers may give any such designated body directions as to the exercise of its functions.\nNo business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as no impact on business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen as a consequence of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/347/note",
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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."
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