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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-54",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800494",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Articles 52 and 53: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) The Department may make regulations prescribing—\n(a) descriptions of information which a body to which a direction is given under Article 52 or 53 may refuse to supply; or\n(b) circumstances in which such a body may refuse to comply with a direction given under either of those Articles.\n(2) The Council may, if no person is prescribed for the purpose under paragraph (3), refer a failure by a company holding an appointment under Chapter I to comply with a direction under Article 52 to the Authority.\n(3) The Department may make regulations for the purpose of enabling a failure to comply with a direction under Article 52 or 53 to be referred by the body which gave the direction to such person (other than the Authority) as may be prescribed by the regulations.\n(4) A person to whom such a failure is referred (whether under paragraph (2) or regulations under paragraph (3)) shall—\n(a) consider any representations made by either party;\n(b) determine whether the person failing to comply with the direction is entitled to refuse to do so, and, if not, order him to comply with the direction; and\n(c) give notice of his determination and any order under sub-paragraph (b), with reasons, to both parties.\n(5) The duty of a company holding an appointment under Chapter I to comply with an order under this Article shall be enforceable by the Authority under Article 30.\n(6) Subject to Article 57, a notice under paragraph (4) may be published by either party to the reference.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800494/article/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:19:59.133718+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."
}