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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-groundwater-and-priority-substances-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-groundwater-and-priority-substances-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2009/9780111006528",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Groundwater and Priority Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-groundwater-and-priority-substances-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 36(6) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nEnvironmental Protection\nWater\nMade 2009\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20, 25 and 36(2) and (3) of, and schedule 2 to, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 21(1) of that Act, they have consulted with (a) SEPA, (b) every responsible authority, (c) such persons appearing to them to be representative of the interests of local government, industry, agriculture, fisheries and small businesses respectively as they thought fit, and (d) such other persons as they thought fit.\nIn accordance with section 36(6) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 3; section 20 was amended by regulation 3 of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/348)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2009/9780111006528/introduction",
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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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