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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111147177",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Power to make an exit application",
  "text": "(1) A relevant undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England may apply to the Secretary of State for permission to withdraw from the non-household retail market in relation to that area.\n(2) A company that is both a water undertaker for an area wholly or mainly in England and a sewerage undertaker for an area wholly or mainly in England may make an application only if it relates to the undertaker’s functions in both those capacities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147177/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:09.860983+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."
}