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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-scottish-water-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2026/9780111065235",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Scottish Water) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-scottish-water-order-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3 (Scottish Water: status, constitution, proceedings etc.) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2(1)(b), for “3” substitute “2”.\n(3) For paragraph 2(2), substitute —\n“(2) Where the number of executive members is 2, the number of non-executive members must not be fewer than 5, in accordance with paragraph 2(1).”.\n(4) After sub-paragraph (2), insert —\n“(2A) Where the number of executive members is 3 or more, the number of non-executive members must exceed the number of executive members by at least 2.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 3."
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:58.694042+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."
}