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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-groundwater-and-priority-substances-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
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  "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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003;\n“the Groundwater Directive 2006” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration; and\n“the Priority Substances Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "O.J. L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2009/9780111006528/regulation/2",
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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."
}