{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017-commencement-no-1-england-and-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2018/342",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017-commencement-no-1-england-and-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2018",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the 2017 Act come into force on 1 April 2018 so far as they relate to the disclosure of information to or by a water or sewerage undertaker for an area which is wholly or mainly in Wales—\n(a) section 35 (disclosure of information to improve public service delivery), for all remaining purposes;\n(b) section 38 (disclosure of information to water and sewerage undertakers etc.), for all remaining purposes;\n(c) section 39 (disclosure of information by water and sewerage undertakers etc.);\n(d) section 40 (further provisions about disclosures under any of sections 35 to 39);\n(e) section 41 (confidentiality of personal information);\n(f) section 42 (information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs);\n(g) section 43 (code of practice);\n(h) section 44 (regulations), for all remaining purposes;\n(i) section 45 (interpretation of this chapter etc.);\n(j) Schedule 4 (public service delivery: specified persons for the purposes of section 35);\n(k) Schedule 6 (public service delivery: specified persons for the purposes of sections 38 and 39).\n(2) Chapters 5 and 6 of Part 5 of the 2017 Act come into force on 1 April 2018, so far as they relate to the disclosure of information by the Welsh Revenue Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/342/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:47.426585+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."
}