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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110697529",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this order—\n“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002;\n“the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;\n“article 3(2) or (3) reference” means a reference under article 3 following a request under article 3(2) or (3) and includes any variation of any such reference under article 3(8);\n“article 3(4) reference” means a reference under article 3 following a request under article 3(4) and includes any variation of any such reference under article 3(8);\n“the Commission” means the Competition Commission;\n“the Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels” means the Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels appointed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act;\n“determination” means the WIC’s determination of maximum amounts of charges under section 29B(1)(a) of the 2002 Act;\n“revised determination” means a determination as revised under section 29F(3)(b) of the 2002 Act;\n“sewerage services licence” means a licence granted under section 6(3) of the 2005 Act;\n“sewerage services provider” means a person who holds a sewerage services licence;\n“water services licence” means a licence granted under section 6(1) of the 2005 Act;\n“water services provider” means a person who holds a water services licence; and\n“the WIC” means the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.\n(2) A reference in this Order to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000, which has been recorded in written form and is capable of being reproduced in that form.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 asp 3, as amended by the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3) (“the 2005 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2005 asp 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 29B was inserted by the 2005 Act, section 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 29F was inserted by the 2005 Act, section 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110697529/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:47.209066+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."
}