{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-supply-fluoridation-indemnities-england-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-supply-fluoridation-indemnities-england-regulations-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110722841",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Fluoridation Indemnities) (England) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-supply-fluoridation-indemnities-england-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Conduct of cases",
  "text": "Where the Secretary of State for Health is, or may be, required to make any payment in respect of a claim under this indemnity, he shall have the right to conduct, or take over the conduct of\n(a) the defence to any legal proceedings taken by a third party against the water undertaker (including the right to participate in any related proceedings); and\n(b) proceedings to recover a payment due from a third party;\nand where he exercises this right the water undertaker shall provide such assistance to him as he may reasonably require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110722841/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:32.795361+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."
}